Oberglatt (Zurich)

Geschichte

Oberglatt is a municipality in the district of Dielsdorf in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, and belongs to the Glatt Valley (Glatttal). Zürich Airport is partially in Oberglatt.HistoryOberglatt is first mentioned around 1153-55 as Obrunglate.GeographyOberglatt has an area of 8.2km2. Of this area, 51.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 10.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 30.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (7.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).The municipality straddles the Glatt river and includes the village of Oberglatt and the village section of Hofstetten. The eastern border of the municipality is the Zürich-Kloten airport.DemographicsOberglatt has a population of., 32.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 16.8%. Most of the population speaks German (78.6%), with Italian being second most common ( 5.3%) and Albanian being third ( 3.8%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 46.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (16.2%), the FDP (11.1%) and the CSP (7.9%).