Seuzach is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
in the district of
Winterthur
Winterthur (; ) is a city in the canton of Zurich in northern Switzerland. With over 120,000 residents, it is the country's List of cities in Switzerland, sixth-largest city by population, as well as its ninth-largest agglomeration with about 14 ...
in the
canton of
Zürich
Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The ...
in Switzerland.
Geography
Seuzach has an area of . 44.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 24.3% is forested, 30.1% is settled (buildings or roads), and the remainder (0.9%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
[ housing and buildings made up 20.4% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (9.9%).][ Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.5% of the area. , 22.1% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.][
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Demographics
Seuzach has a population (as of ) of . , 9.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 49.6% male and 50.4% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 11.1%. Most of the population () speaks German (92.5%), with Italian being second most common ( 2.1%) and Albanian being third ( 1.0%).
In the 2007 election, the most popular party was the SVP which received 41.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (17.1%), the SPS (13.6%) and the CSP (10.4%).
The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 22.1% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 63.1% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 14.8%. In Seuzach 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
A (; plural ), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a Hochschule, German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts, such as engineering, te ...
''). There are 2722 households in Seuzach.[
Seuzach has an unemployment rate of 1.43%. , there were 82 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 25 businesses involved in this sector. 740 people are employed in the ]secondary sector
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and there are 71 businesses in this sector. 1299 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 ...
, with 174 businesses in this sector.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office]
accessed 14-Aug-2009 32.7% of the working population were employed full-time, and 67.3% were employed part-time.
accessed 4 August 2009
there were 1819 Catholics
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and 3600 Protestants
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in Seuzach. In the 2000 census, religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the , 57.9% were some type of Protestant, with 54.4% belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church
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and 3.5% belonging to other Protestant churches. 26.4% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 0% were Muslim, 3.3% belonged to another religion (not listed), 2.5% did not give a religion, and 9.7% were atheist or agnostic.[
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Transport
Seuzach railway station is the terminus of Zurich S-Bahn
The Zurich S-Bahn () system is a network of rail lines that has been incrementally expanded to cover the ZVV area, which comprises the entire canton of Zurich and portions of neighbouring cantons (Aargau, Glarus, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, ...
service S11, from Zurich
Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The ...
, and is an intermediate stop on the S29, which links Winterthur
Winterthur (; ) is a city in the canton of Zurich in northern Switzerland. With over 120,000 residents, it is the country's List of cities in Switzerland, sixth-largest city by population, as well as its ninth-largest agglomeration with about 14 ...
and Stein am Rhein
Stein am Rhein (abbreviated as Stein a. R.) is a historic town and a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland. It is located at the outfall of Lower Lake Constance on the High Rhine river, about halfway between the town of Scha ...
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References
External links
Official website
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Municipalities of the canton of Zürich