Turbenthal

Geschichte

Turbenthal is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.GeographyTurbenthal has an area of 25.2km2. Of this area, 34.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 57.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 7.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 4.3% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (2.8%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.3% of the area., 4.8% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.Turbenthal is situated in the upper Töss Valley.DemographicsTurbenthal has a population of., 16.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 50.2% male and 49.8% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 0.3%. Most of the population speaks German (88.1%), with Italian being second most common ( 3.8%) and Albanian being third ( 1.8%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 43.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (18.3%), the CSP (13.5%) and the Green Party (10.8%).The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 28.6% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.1% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 12.3%. In Turbenthal about 69.6% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). There are 1540 households in Turbenthal.