Andelfingen

Geschichte

Andelfingen is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.HistoryAndelfingen is first mentioned in 1248 as Andelfingon. Until 1970, it was known as Grossandelfingen.GeographyAndelfingen has an area of 6.7km2. Of this area, 47.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 34.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 14.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).The municipality is the capital of the district of Andelfingen. It is located on the southern banks of the Thur river.DemographicsAndelfingen has a population of., 11.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 10.1%. Most of the population speaks German (89.5%), with Italian being second most common ( 3.9%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 1.6%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 39.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CSP (15.6%), the FDP (15.1%) and the SPS (13.2%).The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 24.7% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.8% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15.5%. In Andelfingen about 77.3% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).