Langnau am Albis (Zurich)

Geschichte

Langnau am Albis is a village in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.HistoryLangnau am Albis is first mentioned between 1101 and 1150 as Langenow . Between 1133 and 1167 it was mentioned as Langenouw.GeographyLangnau am Albis has an area of 8.7km2. Of this area, 27.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 48.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 22.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 17.1% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (5.4%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.6% of the area. 16.6% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.It is located in the Sihltal valley on the slopes of the Albis mountain range. The area is a rural/suburban community within 10km of the city center of Zürich. Langnau is one of the larger communities in the Canton of Zürich.DemographicsLangnau am Albis has a population of., 21.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 49.3% male and 50.7% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 7.2%. Most of the population speaks German (84.8%), with Italian being second most common ( 5.3%) and Albanian being third ( 2.0%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 35.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (17.2%), the FDP (16.3%) and the CVP (12.5%).