Glattfelden

Geschichte

Glattfelden is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, and belongs to the Glatt Valley (German: Glattal).HistoryGlattfelden is first mentioned in 1130 as Glatevelden.GeographyGlattfelden has an area of 12.3km2. Of this area, 47.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 32.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 17.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).The municipality includes the village of Glattfelden, located at the end of the Glatt valley, the communities of Zweidlen, Schachen and Rheinsfelden and the exclave of Neuhaus.DemographicsGlattfelden has a population of., 18.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 18.1%. Most of the population speaks German (86.5%), with Italian being second most common ( 3.7%) and Albanian being third ( 2.7%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 47.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (15.2%), the CSP (12.6%) and the Green Party (8.1%).The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 26.1% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 62.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 11%. In Glattfelden about 70.5% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).