Russikon
Template:Infobox Swiss town Russikon is a municipality in the district of Pfäffikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
History
Russikon is first mentioned in 775 as Ruadgisinchova. In 1247 it was mentioned as Rusinchon.[1]
Geography
Russikon has an area of Script error: No such module "convert".. Of this area, 51.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 36.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 11.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[2] In 1996[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". housing and buildings made up 7.8% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (3.2%).[3] Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.1% of the area. since 2007[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 9.2% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.[3]
Demographics
Russikon 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"., 10.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. since 2008[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". the gender distribution of the population was 49.5% male and 50.5% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 4.2%. Most of the population (since 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) speaks German (93.0%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.3%) and Italian being third ( 1.1%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 45.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (13.6%), the SPS (12.5%) and the CSP (11.8%).
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 27.1% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 61.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 11.6%. In Russikon about 83.7% 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 1483 households in Russikon.[3]
Russikon has an unemployment rate of 1.56%. since 2005[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 96 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 34 businesses involved in this sector. 307 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 44 businesses in this sector. 537 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 118 businesses in this sector.[2] since 2007[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 48.2% of the working population were employed full-time, and 51.8% were employed part-time.[3]
since 2008[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". there were 878 Catholics and 2108 Protestants in Russikon. In the 2000 census, religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the census[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., 60.2% were some type of Protestant, with 55.1% belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church and 5.1% belonging to other Protestant churches. 21% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 0% were Muslim, 4.5% belonged to another religion (not listed), 2.6% did not give a religion, and 11.4% were atheist or agnostic.[3]
The historical population is given in the following table:[1]
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1467 | 32 households |
| 1634 | 512 |
| 1710 | 981 |
| 1850 | 1,876 |
| 1900 | 1,272 |
| 1950 | 1,358 |
| 1980 | 2,810 |
| 2000 | 3,952 |
| 2020 | 4,410 |
References
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- ↑ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 11-Aug-2009
- ↑ a b c d e Statistics Zurich Template:In lang accessed 4 August 2009
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