Hittnau

Geschichte

Hittnau is a municipality in the district of Pfäffikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.HistoryHittnau is first mentioned in 905 as Hittenouva.GeographyHittnau has an area of 13km2. Of this area, 50% is used for agricultural purposes, while 37.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 11.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 7.6% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (4.2%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.4% of the area. 6.1% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.The municipality is located between the Pfäffikon and Tösstal valleys. It includes the settlements of Ober- and Unterhittnau, Dürstelen, Isikon, Hasel, Schönau and Hofhalden.DemographicsHittnau has a population of., 7.0% 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 21.4%. Most of the population speaks German (95.2%), with Italian being second most common ( 0.9%) and French being third ( 0.7%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 40.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (13.4%), the CSP (12.9%) and the FDP (10.2%).