Niederhasli

Geschichte

Niederhasli is a municipality in the district of Dielsdorf in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.HistoryNiederhasli is first mentioned in 931 as Hasila.GeographyNiederhasli has an area of 11.3km2. Of this area, 58.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 21.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 18.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).The municipality is located in the lower Glatttal near the entrance to the Wehntal. It includes the villages of Niederhasli, Oberhasli, Mettmenhasli and Nassenwil. Before 1840 it also included the village of Niederglatt, which became an independent municipality at that time.DemographicsNiederhasli has a population of., 22.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 18.9%. Most of the population speaks German (83.9%), with Italian being second most common ( 4.7%) and Albanian being third ( 2.4%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 43.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (15.4%), the CVP (11.9%) and the FDP (9.5%).