Weisslingen (Zürich)

Geschichte

Weisslingen is a municipality in the district of Pfäffikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.GeographyWeisslingen has an area of 12.8km2. Of this area, 45.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 43.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 10.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 6.6% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (3.7%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.4% of the area. 7.4% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.DemographicsWeisslingen has a population of., 6.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 50.4% male and 49.6% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 9.9%. Most of the population speaks German (95.4%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.1%) and English being third ( 0.7%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 43.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CSP (12.9%), the SPS (11.9%) and the FDP (10.6%).The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 27.4% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 61.6% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 11%. In Weisslingen about 83.9% 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 1088 households in Weisslingen.