Mörschwil is first mentioned in 811 as Maurini vilare. In 1389 it was mentioned as Mörswile.
Geography
Mörschwil has an area,, of. Of this area, 59.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 22% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 18.2% is settled and the remainder is non-productive. The municipality is located in the Rorschach Wahlkreis. It is located on the cantonal road from Rorschach to St. Gallen between the Steinach and Goldach rivers. It consists of the village of Mörschwil and many scattered hamlets and individual houses.
Mörschwil has a population of. , about 7.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population,, 66 are from Germany, 32 are from Italy, 40 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 20 are from Austria, and 55 are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 13.4%. Most of the population speaks German, with Albanian being second most common and French being third. Of the Swiss national languages, 3,013 speak German, 14 people speak French, 12 people speak Italian, and 3 people speak Romansh. The age distribution,, in Mörschwil is; 427 children or 13.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 472 teenagers or 15.1% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 323 people or 10.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 512 people or 16.4% are between 30 and 39, 498 people or 16.0% are between 40 and 49, and 430 people or 13.8% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 223 people or 7.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 163 people or 5.2% are between 70 and 79, there are 62 people or 2.0% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 6 people or 0.2% who are between 90 and 99. there were 278 persons who were living alone in a private dwelling. There were 655 persons who were part of a couple without children, and 1,951 who were part of a couple with children. There were 105 people who lived in single parent home, while there are 24 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 31 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, 13 who lived household made up of unrelated persons, and 59 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 32.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP, the FDP and the SP. In Mörschwil about 86.1% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education. Out of the total population in Mörschwil,, the highest education level completed by 457 people was Primary, while 1,171 have completed their secondary education, 616 have attended a Tertiary school, and 72 are not in school. The remainder did not answer this question. The historical population is given in the following table:
year
population
1809
1,324
1850
1,249
1900
1,584
1950
1,649
2000
3,116
Economy
, Mörschwil had an unemployment rate of 0.68%. , there were 124 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 45 businesses involved in this sector. 432 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 32 businesses in this sector. 459 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 93 businesses in this sector. the average unemployment rate was 1.3%. There were 165 businesses in the municipality of which 30 were involved in the secondary sector of the economy while 95 were involved in the third. there were 426 residents who worked in the municipality, while 1,228 residents worked outside Mörschwil and 509 people commuted into the municipality for work.
Religion
From the, 1,912 or 61.4% are Roman Catholic, while 817 or 26.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there are 10 individuals who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 48 individuals who belong to another Christian church. There are 7 individuals who are Jewish, and 14 who are Islamic. There are 4 individuals who belong to another church, 235 belong to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 69 individuals did not answer the question.
