Ennenda is a former municipality in the

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of Glarus in Switzerland. Effective from 1 January 2011, Ennenda is part of the municipality of Glarus.

History

Ennenda is first mentioned around 1303-07 as ''Obront-Ennant-A'' and ''Nydern-Ennant-A''. During the 19th century, Ennenda became a busy manufacturing village in the local

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, and retains some attractive villas and housing from that period.

Geography

Ennenda has an area, , of . Of this area, 35.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 37.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (23%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Ennenda is located on the right side of the

Linth The Linth (pronounced "lint") is a Swiss river that rises near the village of Linthal in the mountains of the canton of Glarus, and eventually flows into the Obersee section of Lake Zurich. It is about in length. The water power of the Lin ...

river, across from Glarus at the foot of the Schilt mountain. It consists of the village of Ennenda and the

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of Sturmigen, Ennetbühls and the mountain settlement of Ennetberge.

Demographics

Ennenda had a population (as of 2010) of 2,684. , 14.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.Canton Glarus population growth
accessed 9 September 2009. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -9.6%. Most of the population () speaks German (87.6%), with Italian being second most common ( 3.7%) and Albanian being third ( 2.8%).
accessed 10-Sep-2009. In the

2007 federal election This electoral calendar 2007 lists the national/federal direct elections held in 2007 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states and their dependent territories. Referendums are included, although they are not elections. By-elections are not ...

the most popular party was the

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which received 58.8% of the vote. Most of the rest of the votes went to the SVP with 34.5% of the vote. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Ennenda about 67.5% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a '' Fachhochschule''). Ennenda has an unemployment rate of 1.55%. , there were 80 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 34 businesses involved in this sector. 802 people are employed in the

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and there are 33 businesses in this sector. 336 people are employed in the

tertiary sector The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the second ...

, with 51 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table:

Transport

Ennenda railway station is on the Weesen to Linthal railway line. It is served by the

Zürich S-Bahn The Zürich S-Bahn (german: S-Bahn Zürich) system is a network of rail lines that has been incrementally expanded to cover the ZVV area, which comprises the entire canton of Zürich and portions of neighbouring cantons (Aargau, Glarus, ...

service S25 between Linthal and Zurich, and by the

St. Gallen S-Bahn The St. Gallen S-Bahn (german: S-Bahn St. Gallen) is an S-Bahn-style commuter rail in Eastern Switzerland and neighbouring areas. The network connects stations in the Swiss cantons of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Glarus, Grison ...

service S6 between Rapperswil and Schwanden. Both services operate once per hour, combining to provide two trains per hour between

Ziegelbrücke Ziegelbrücke is a village in Switzerland. Ziegelbrücke is shared by the municipalities of Niederurnen in the canton of Glarus and Schänis in the canton of St. Gallen. Geography and political situation The village of Ziegelbrücke is divided ...

and Schwanden.

References

External links

* {{Authority control Former municipalities of the canton of Glarus