Wangen-Brüttisellen
Wangen-Brüttisellen is a municipality in the district of Uster in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, located in the Glatt Valley (German: Glattal).
History
Brüttisellen is first mentioned in 1148 as Britisseldon. In 1242 it was mentioned as Wangen apud Glatto.[1]
Wangen-Brüttisellen now incorporates Wangen bei Dübendorf, which was at one time a separate town.
Geography
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Demographics
Wangen-Brüttisellen 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"., 24.3% 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 50.5% male and 49.5% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 30%. Most of the population (since 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) speaks German (81.5%), with Italian being second most common (5.3%) and Albanian being third (2.8%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 44% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (15.3%), the FDP (13.4%) and the CSP (10.2%).
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 25.8% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 66.2% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 8%. In Wangen-Brüttisellen about 74.4% 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 2498 households in Wangen-Brüttisellen.[3]
Wangen-Brüttisellen has an unemployment rate of 2.88%. since 2005[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 84 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 24 businesses involved in this sector. 1,061 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 86 businesses in this sector. 2,184 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 242 businesses in this sector.[2] since 2007[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 69.2% of the working population were employed full-time, and 30.8% were employed part-time.[3]
since 2008[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". there were 2,173 Catholics and 2,397 Protestants in Wangen-Brüttisellen. 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"., 40.2% were some type of Protestant, with 37.8% belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church and 2.4% belonging to other Protestant churches. 32.7% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 10.6% belonged to another religion (not listed), 3.5% did not give a religion, and 12.2% were atheist or agnostic.[3]
Timeline[1]
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Economy
Skyguide maintains an air traffic control center at Wangen bei Dübendorf.[4]
References
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External links
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