Adlikon bei Andelfingen (or simply Adlikon) is a former
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality ...
in the district of
Andelfingen in the
canton
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Administrative division terminology
* Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland
* Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French
Arts and ent ...
of
Zürich
, neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon
, twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco
Zürich () i ...
in
Switzerland. On 1 January 2023 the former municipalities of Adlikon and
Humlikon merged to form the municipality of
Andelfingen.
History
Adlikon is first mentioned in 1255 as ''Adilinkon''.
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Geography
Adlikon has an area of . Of this area, 66% is used for agricultural purposes, while 23% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (2.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[
The municipality is located south of the ]Thur Thur may refer to:
*Thur (France), a river in Alsace, France
*Thur (Rhine), a river in East Switzerland
*Thursday, as an abbreviation
*''Thur.'', taxonomic author abbreviation for French botanist Gustave Thuret
Gustave Adolphe Thuret (23 May 1 ...
river. It includes the hamlets of Dätwil und Niederwil.
Demographics
Adlikon has a population (as of ) of . , 3.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 1.2%. Most of the population () speaks German (98.1%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.0%) and English being third ( 0.3%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 53% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CSP
CSP may refer to:
Education
* College Student Personnel, an academic discipline
* Commonwealth Supported Place, a category in Australian education
* Concordia University (Saint Paul, Minnesota), US
Organizations
* Caledonian Steam Packet Compa ...
(9.9%), the Green Party
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Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundati ...
(9.7%) and the SPS (8.6%).
The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 29.5% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 11.2%. In Adlikon about 85.6% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education
Secondary education or post-primary education covers two phases on the International Standard Classification of Education scale. Level 2 or lower secondary education (less commonly junior secondary education) is considered the second and final ph ...
or additional higher education (either university or a ''Fachhochschule
A ''Fachhochschule'' (; plural ''Fachhochschulen''), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied ar ...
'').
Adlikon has an unemployment rate of 1.62%. , there were 66 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 27 businesses involved in this sector. 20 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 constructio ...
and there are 5 businesses in this sector. 120 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 secon ...
, with 13 businesses in this sector.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office]
accessed 27-Jul-2009
The historical population is given in the following table:
References
External links
Official website
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Former municipalities of the canton of Zürich