Henggart
Henggart is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
History
Henggart is first mentioned in 1228 as de Hengart.[1]
Geography
Henggart has an area of Script error: No such module "convert".. Of this area, 56.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 19.9% is forested. The rest of the land, (23.5%) is settled.[2]
Demographics
Henggart has a population (as of Template:Swiss populations date) of Template:Swiss populations.Template:Swiss populations ref since 2007[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., 7.9% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 31.4%. Most of the population (since 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) speaks German (94.4%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.5%) and Italian being third ( 1.0%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 45.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (14.3%), the FDP (11.5%) and the CSP (11.4%).
The age distribution of the population (since 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 26.3% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 61.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 11.8%. In Henggart about 85.6% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
Henggart has an unemployment rate of 1.57%. since 2005[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 35 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 14 businesses involved in this sector. 67 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 14 businesses in this sector. 248 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 48 businesses in this sector.[2] The historical population is given in the following table:[1]
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1733 | 290 |
| 1850 | 279 |
| 1910 | 388 |
| 1950 | 464 |
| 1960 | 712 |
| 1980 | 970 |
| 2000 | 1,621 |
Transportation
Henggart railway station is a stop of the S-Bahn Zürich on the line S33.
References
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- ↑ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office Template:Webarchive accessed 27-Jul-2009
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External links
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