| Turbenthal | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  Turbenthal
|
||||||||||
|
||||||||||
| Population | 4,067 (December 2007[update]) | |||||||||
| - Density | 162 /km2 (420 /sq mi) | |||||||||
| Area | 25.07 km2 (9.68 sq mi) | |||||||||
| Elevation | 554 m (1,818 ft) | |||||||||
| Postal code | 8488 | |||||||||
| SFOS number | 0228 | |||||||||
| Surrounded by | Aadorf (TG), Bichelsee-Balterswil (TG), Fischingen (TG), Hofstetten bei Elgg, Schlatt, Wila, Wildberg, Zell | |||||||||
| Website | www.turbenthal.ch SFSO statistics |
|||||||||
Turbenthal is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
Contents |
Geography
Turbenthal has an area of 25.2 square kilometers (9.7 sq mi). Of this area, 34.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 57.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 7.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[1] In 1996[update] housing and buildings made up 4.3% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (2.8%).[2] Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.3% of the area. As of 2007[update], 4.8% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.[2]
Turbenthal is situated in the upper Töss Valley.
Demographics
Turbenthal has a population (as of 2007[update]) of 4,067, of which 16.2% are foreign nationals. As of 2008[update] the gender distribution of the population was 50.2% male and 49.8% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 0.3%. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (88.1%), with Italian being second most common ( 3.8%) and Albanian being third ( 1.8%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 43.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (18.3%), the CSP (13.5%) and the Green Party (10.8%).
The age distribution of the population (as of 2000[update]) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 28.6% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.1% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 12.3%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Turbenthal about 69.6% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule). There are 1540 households in Turbenthal.[2]
Turbenthal has an unemployment rate of 2.39%. As of 2005[update], there were 150 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 59 businesses involved in this sector. 368 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 49 businesses in this sector. 834 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 133 businesses in this sector.[1] As of 2007[update] 39.6% of the working population were employed full-time, and 60.4% were employed part-time.[2]
As of 2008[update] there were 840 Catholics and 2031 Protestants in Turbenthal. In the 2000 census, religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the census[update], 54.1% were some type of Protestant, with 50.3% belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church and 3.7% belonging to other Protestant churches. 23.3% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 0% were Muslim, 7.8% belonged to another religion (not listed), 4.1% did not give a religion, and 9.6% were atheist or agnostic.[2]
Transportation
Turbenthal is a stop of the S-Bahn Zürich on the line S26.
References
- ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 14-Aug-2009
- ^ a b c d e Statistics Zurich (German) accessed 4 August 2009
External links
- Official website (German)
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Turbenthal |
|
|||||||||||
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
