Unterengstringen

Geschichte

Unterengstringen is a municipality in the district of Dietikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, located in the Limmat Valley (German: Limmattal).GeographyUnterengstringen has an area of 3.3km2. Of this area, 36.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 26.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 33.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 21.4% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (11.4%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 3% of the area. 29.3% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.The Ruine Glanzenberg is a ruined castle in the municipality, which is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.DemographicsUnterengstringen has a population of., 19.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 49.7% male and 50.3% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 12%. Most of the population speaks German (87.4%), with Italian being second most common ( 3.0%) and French being third ( 1.6%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 45.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (21.6%), the SPS (11.2%) and the CVP (7.5%).