Wiesendangen

Wiesendangen

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Wiesendangen
Coordinates: 47°31′N 8°47′E / 47.517°N 8.783°ECoordinates: 47°31′N 8°47′E / 47.517°N 8.783°E
Country Switzerland
Canton Zurich
District Winterthur
Government
 • Mayor Kurt Roth FDP/PRD
(as of 2007)
Area[1]
 • Total 19.16 km2 (7.40 sq mi)
Elevation 469 m (1,539 ft)
Population (Dec 2013[2])
 • Total 6,079
 • Density 320/km2 (820/sq mi)
Postal code 8542
SFOS number 0298
Localities Wiesendangen, Attikon, Wallikon, Buch, Menzengrüt
Surrounded by Ellikon an der Thur, Elsau, Hettlingen, Rickenbach, Winterthur
Website www.wiesendangen.ch
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Wiesendangen is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipality of Bertschikon merged into the municipality of Wiesendangen. At the same time the Community Identification Number changed from 0229 to 0298[3]

History

Bertschikon

Bertschikon is first mentioned in 1255 as Bersinkon. The village of Gündlikon is first mentioned in 774 as Cundilinchova though the identification is debated. It is mentioned in 1162 as Gundilinchova.[4] The municipality was created during the Helvetic Republic (1798–1803) though it wasn't fully established until 1882. It consists of seven old municipalities; Bertschikon, Gundetswil, Kefikon (Canton of Zürich portion only), Liebensberg, Stegen, Gündlikon and Zünikon.

Geography

Before the merger Wiesendangen has an area of 9.5 km2 (3.7 sq mi). Of this area, 54.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 25.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 19.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[5] In 1996 housing and buildings made up 11% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (8.7%).[6] Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.1% of the area. As of 2007, 13.1% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.[6] After the merger the total area was 19.16 km2 (7.40 sq mi).[1]

Demographics

Before the merger, the 2012 population was 4,927. After the merger the new population was (as of 31 December 2013) of 6,079.[2] As of 2007, 6.9% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. As of 2008 the gender distribution of the population was 49.1% male and 50.9% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 19%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (95.3%), with French being second most common ( 1.1%) and Italian being third ( 1.0%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 37.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (15.1%), the SPS (13.6%) and the CSP (12.7%).

The age distribution of the population (as of 2000) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 24.8% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15.3%. In Wiesendangen about 86.6% 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 1634 households in Wiesendangen.[6]

Wiesendangen has an unemployment rate of 1.25%. As of 2005, there were 114 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 40 businesses involved in this sector. 159 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 25 businesses in this sector. 419 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 96 businesses in this sector.[5] As of 2007 32.2% of the working population were employed full-time, and 67.8% were employed part-time.[6]

As of 2008 there were 1,117 Catholics and 2,563 Protestants in Wiesendangen. In the 2000 census, religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the census, 65.3% were some type of Protestant, with 62% belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church and 3.3% belonging to other Protestant churches. 23.4% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 1.9% belonged to another religion (not listed), 1.2% did not give a religion, and 8% were atheist or agnostic.[6]

The historical population is given in the following chart:[7]

Transport

Wiesendangen railway station is a stop of the Zurich S-Bahn on the lines S8 and S30.

References

External links

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