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| Population | 7,077 (December 2007[update]) | |||||||||
| - Density | 896 /km2 (2,320 /sq mi) | |||||||||
| Area | 7.90 km2 (3.05 sq mi) | |||||||||
| Elevation | 465 m (1,526 ft) | |||||||||
| Postal code | 8306 | |||||||||
| SFOS number | 0200 | |||||||||
| Surrounded by | Bassersdorf, Dietlikon, Dübendorf, Lindau, Volketswil | |||||||||
| Website | www.wangen-bruettisellen.ch SFSO statistics |
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Wangen-Brüttisellen is a municipality in the district of Uster in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, located in the Glatt Valley (German: Glattal).
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Geography
Wangen-Brüttisellen has an area of 7.9 square kilometers (3.1 sq mi). Of this area, 46.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 26.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 26.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[1] In 1996[update] housing and buildings made up 13.3% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (13%).[2] Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.3% of the area. As of 2007[update] 21.6% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.[2]
Demographics
Wangen-Brüttisellen has a population (as of 2007[update]) of 7,077, of which 24.3% are foreign nationals. As of 2008[update] the gender distribution of the population was 50.5% male and 49.5% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 30%. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (81.5%), with Italian being second most common ( 5.3%) and Albanian being third ( 2.8%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 44% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (15.3%), the FDP (13.4%) and the CSP (10.2%).
The age distribution of the population (as of 2000[update]) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 25.8% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 66.2% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 8%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Wangen-Brüttisellen about 74.4% 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 2498 households in Wangen-Brüttisellen.[2]
Wangen-Brüttisellen has an unemployment rate of 2.88%. As of 2005[update], there were 84 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 24 businesses involved in this sector. 1061 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 86 businesses in this sector. 2184 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 242 businesses in this sector.[1] As of 2007[update] 69.2% of the working population were employed full-time, and 30.8% were employed part-time.[2]
As of 2008[update] there were 2173 Catholics and 2397 Protestants in Wangen-Brüttisellen. In the 2000 census, religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the census[update], 40.2% were some type of Protestant, with 37.8% belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church and 2.4% belonging to other Protestant churches. 32.7% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 0% were Muslim, 10.6% belonged to another religion (not listed), 3.5% did not give a religion, and 12.2% were atheist or agnostic.[2]
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)
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