Niederglatt is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the district of

Dielsdorf Dielsdorf is a municipality, seat of the district of Dielsdorf in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Dielsdorf is first mentioned in 861 as ''Theolvesthoruf''. The name means ''estate or farm of Theolf'' which is supposed to have ...

in the canton of

Zürich , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Zürich ...

in Switzerland. Niederglatt 064

History

Niederglatt is first mentioned in 1149 as ''Niderunglatto''. Between 1153 and 1155 it was mentioned as ''Nidrunglate''. Until 1840 it was part of the municipality of Niederhasli.

Geography

Niederglatt has an area of . Of this area, 58.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 6.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 30.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located on both banks of the Glatt river. It includes the villages of Niederglatt and Nöschikon.

Demographics

Niederglatt has a population (as of ) of . , 20.9% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 26.1%. Most of the population () speaks German (87.9%), with Italian being second most common ( 4.7%) and Albanian being third ( 1.7%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 50% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (12.5%), the FDP (10.8%) and the CVP (8.3%). The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 23.3% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 65.1% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 11.6%. In Niederglatt about 77.4% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a '' Fachhochschule''). Niederglatt has an unemployment rate of 2.58%. , there were 62 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 16 businesses involved in this sector. 317 people are employed in the

secondary sector In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in constructi ...

and there are 31 businesses in this sector. 716 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 107 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 03-Aug-2009 The historical population is given in the following table:

Transport

Niederglatt railway station Niederglatt is a railway station in the Switzerland, Swiss canton of Zurich and Niederglatt, municipality of Niederglatt. It is located on the Bülach branch of the Bülach-Regensberg Railway and served by Zurich S-Bahn line S9 (ZVV), S9. Nieder ...

is a stop of 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, ...

on the line S9. Its train station is a 20 minute ride from

Zürich Hauptbahnhof Zürich Hauptbahnhof (often shortened to Zürich HB, or just HB; ''Zürich Main Station'' or ''Zürich Central Station'') is the largest railway station in Switzerland. Zürich is a major railway hub, with services to and from across Switzerland ...

References

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* {{Authority control Municipalities of the canton of Zürich