Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.5% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 0.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.2%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 3.6%. Out of the forested land, 17.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 63.6% is used for growing crops, while 7.2% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, and . The municipality is located in the Weinfelden district, about southwest of the Weinfelden station on the Frauenfeld-Romanshorn rail line. The current municipality was created in 1996 out of the Munizipalgemeinde of Bussnang, which consisted of the Ortsgemeinden of Bussnang, Friltschen, Lanterswil, Mettlen, Oberbussnang, Oppikon, Reuti and Rothenhausen. The Ortsgemeinde of Istighofen became part of Bürglen in 1995. Demographics Bussnang has a population () of . , 7.2% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of -0.9%. Most of the population () speaks German (96.9%), with Turkish being second most common ( 0.5%) and Dutch being third ( 0.3%). , the gender distribution of the population was 50.4% male and 49.6% female. The population was made up of 969 Swiss men (46.3% of the population), and 87 (4.2%) non-Swiss men. There were 975 Swiss women (46.5%), and 64 (3.1%) non-Swiss women. In there were 18 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 12 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 6 while the foreign population increased by 1. There was 1 Swiss man, 1 Swiss woman who emigrated from Switzerland to another country, 2 non-Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland to another country and 8 non-Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland to another country. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources) was an increase of 43 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 4 people. This represents a population growth rate of 2.3%. The age distribution, , in Bussnang is; 223 children or 10.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 317 teenagers or 15.2% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 258