Dozwil is a municipality in the district of Arbon in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. History Dozwil is first mentioned in 1385 as Dotzwile. Geography Dozwil has an area, , of . Of this area, or 80.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 0.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 18.2% is settled (buildings or roads). Industrial buildings made up 14.4% of the total developed area while housing and buildings made up 1.5%, transportation infrastructure made up less than 0.1% and parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.5%. All of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. 59.8% of the agricultural areas are used for growing crops, while 20.5% is used for orchards or vine crops. The municipality is located in the Arbon district, on the eastern Seerücken region. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and densely built village, built around a central square) of Dozwil. Demographics Dozwil has a population () of . , 12.0% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 6.5%. Most of the population () speaks German (95.5%), with Portuguese being second most common ( 1.0%) and Polish being third ( 1.0%). , the gender distribution of the population was 49.0% male and 51.0% female. The population was made up of 247 Swiss men (43.7% of the population), and 30 (5.3%) non-Swiss men. There were 250 Swiss women (44.2%), and 38 (6.7%) non-Swiss women. In there were 8 live births to Swiss citizens and 2 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in the same time span there were 2 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 6 while the foreign population increased by 2. In 2010, the Swiss population increased by 7 while the foreign population decreased by 7. One Swiss woman emigrated from Switzerland to another country, three non-Swiss men emigrated from Switzerland to another country and two non-Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland to another country. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources) was an increase of 13 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 11 people. This represents a population growth rate of 4.4%. The age distribution, , in Dozwil is: 65 children or 10.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and