Maur

Geschichte

Maur is a municipality in the district of Uster in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.HistoryMaur is first mentioned between 874-887 as de Mure.GeographyMaur has an area of 14.8km2. Of this area, 52.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 26.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 20.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 14.9% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (5.5%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0% of the area. 17% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.The municipality is located on the south-west shore of the Greifensee. It includes the village of Maur and the settlements of Aesch, Scheuren (Forch), Binz, Ebmatingen and Uessikon.DemographicsMaur has a population of 9,119, of which 17.0% are foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 49.2% male and 50.8% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 10.9%. Most of the population speaks German (86.4%), with English being second most common ( 3.6%) and French being third ( 2.1%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 36% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (19.8%), the SPS (13.9%) and the CSP (12%).