Wald (Zurich)

Geschichte

Wald is a municipality in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.HistoryWald is mentioned for the first time in a document from 1217. In the year 1621 the municipality received market rights.During the process of industrialization it had numerous spinning mills and weaving mills.GeographyWald has an area of 25.2km2. Of this area, 53.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 33.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 12% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 8% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (4.1%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.2% of the area. 8.6% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.DemographicsWald has a population of., 23.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 50% male and 50% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 6.9%. Most of the population speaks German (83.9%), with Italian being second most common ( 5.2%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 2.8%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 41.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (15.3%), the Green Party (11.3%) and the FDP (9.7%).