Freienbach

Geschichte

Freienbach is a municipality in Höfe District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.HistoryFreienbach is first mentioned in 972 as Friginbach.GeographyFreienbach has an area, of 13.8km2. Of this area, 40.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 23.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 31% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).The municipality is located on Lake Zurich and stretches from the lake (elevation 406m) to the Etzel mountain (elevation 1098m). It consists of the villages of Freienbach, Pfäffikon (not to be confused with Pfäffikon in the canton of Zurich), Wilen, Bäch, Hurden (located on the Seedamm) and the two islands of Lützelau and Ufenau (Ufnau).DemographicsFreienbach has a population of., 23.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 23.8%. Most of the population speaks German (87.9%), with Italian being second most common ( 2.3%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 2.0%).the gender distribution of the population was 50.6% male and 49.4% female. The age distribution, in Freienbach is; 2,963 people or 22.7% of the population is between 0 and 19. 4,174 people or 32.0% are 20 to 39, and 4,432 people or 33.9% are 40 to 64. The senior population distribution is 977 people or 7.5% are 65 to 74. There are 407 people or 3.1% who are 70 to 79 and 102 people or 0.78% of the population who are over 80.