Lufingen (Zurich)

Geschichte

Lufingen is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.HistoryLufingen is first mentioned in 1157 as Luvingin.GeographyLufingen has an area of 5.2km2. Of this area, 50.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 37.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 11.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located in the upper Embrachertal. It includes the village of Lufingen and since 1871 the village of Augwil.DemographicsLufingen has a population of., 14.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 47.6%. Most of the population speaks German (88.9%), with Albanian being second most common ( 2.1%) and Italian being third ( 1.8%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 48.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (12.1%), the SPS (10.6%) and the CSP (8.9%).The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 20.4% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 69.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 10.3%. In Lufingen about 83.8% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).