Hüntwangen

Geschichte

Hüntwangen is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.HistoryHüntwangen is first mentioned in 1254 as Hiuntwangin.GeographyHüntwangen has an area of 4.9km2. Of this area, 50.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 32.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 13.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (2.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).The municipality is located on the western edge of the Rafzerfeld, the region in the district which is north of the Rhine.DemographicsHüntwangen has a population of., 7.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 22.9%. Most of the population speaks German (96.8%), with Italian being second most common ( 0.8%) and French being third ( 0.5%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 42.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (17%), the FDP (11.2%) and the Green Party (8.9%).The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 24.3% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 63.2% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 12.5%. In Hüntwangen about 85.5% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).