Dürnten

Geschichte

Dürnten is a municipality in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.HistoryDürnten is first mentioned between 743 and 747 as Tunriude.GeographyDürnten has an area of 10.2km2. Of this area, 60.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 17% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 21.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 13.9% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (7.4%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.8% of the area. 15.4% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.The Jona river flows through the municipality. It is located in the south-west side of Bachtel mountain. It includes the villages of Dürnten, Oberdürnten and Tann.DemographicsDürnten has a population of., 14.9% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. 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 8%. Most of the population speaks German (89.3%), with Albanian being second most common ( 2.6%) and Italian being third ( 2.5%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 41.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (15%), the CSP (10.4%) and the FDP (10.1%).