Birmensdorf, Zürich

Geschichte

Birmensdorf is a municipality in the district of Dietikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.HistoryBirmensdorf is first mentioned in 876 as Piripoumesdorf.GeographyBirmensdorf has an area of 11.5km2. Of this area, 41% is used for agricultural purposes, while 38.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 20.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 12.8% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (7.3%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.4% of the area. 14.1% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.The municipality is located in the Reppischtal. It includes the hamlet of Landikon and numerous scattered farm houses. The village of Birmensdorf includes the former hamlets of Wullikon, Schüren, Güpf, Uf Dorf and Risi.The Wüeribach stream empties into the Reppisch near Birmensdorf.DemographicsBirmensdorf has a population of., 19.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 49.8% male and 50.2% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 13.7%. Most of the population speaks German (87.1%), with Italian being second most common ( 2.6%) and French being third ( 1.4%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 41% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (16%), the FDP (12.7%) and the CVP (9.5%).