persons, and 208 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 40.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (21.4%), the FDP (13.7%) and the SP (12.7%). The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Bad Ragaz about 68.9% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Out of the total population in Bad Ragaz, , the highest education level completed by 1,070 people (21.7% of the population) was Primary, while 1,975 (40.1%) have completed Secondary, 558 (11.3%) have attended a Tertiary school, and 175 (3.6%) are not in school. The remainder did not answer this question. The historical population is given in the following table: Personalities Friedrich Wilhelm Schelling (1775-1854), German philosopher, died in Bad Ragaz Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst died in Bad Ragaz in 1901 Carl Garré (1857 in Ragaz – 1928) a surgeon who proved that Staphylococcus aureus causes carbuncles and boils by experimenting on himself O.G. Khouw (1874-1927), a colonial Dutch-Indonesian philanthropist and landlord who died in Bad Ragaz Bad Ragaz is also closely associated with the fictional character Heidi. Heritage sites of national significance The Village Baths () with the water cure rooms () at Bartholoméplatz 1, the chapel of St. Leonhard and the ruins of Freudenberg Castle are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance. Economy , Bad Ragaz had an unemployment rate of 1.62%. , there were 103 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 23 businesses involved in this sector. 687 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 71 businesses in this sector. 1,911 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 244 businesses in this sector. the average unemployment rate was 3.0%. There were 331 businesses in the municipality of which 64 were involved in the secondary sector of the economy while 248 were involved in the third. there were 1,510 residents who worked in the municipality, while 1,217 residents worked outside Bad Ragaz and 1,189 people commuted into the municipality for work. The headquarters of the gas analysis, detection, and control instrument manufacturing company INFICON is located in Bad Ragaz. Religion From the , 2,862 or 58.1% were Roman Catholic, while 1,105 or 22.4% belonged to