Berg am Irchel is a

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in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of

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History

Berg am Irchel is first mentioned around 1100 as ''Berga''. In 1243 it was mentioned as ''Berge''.

Geography

Berg am Irchel has an area of . Of this area, 48.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 44.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located on a terrace on the northern slope of the Irchel elevation. It includes the village of Berg Gräslikon (which left

Buch am Irchel Buch (the German word for book or a modification of the German word '' Buche'' for beech) may refer to: People * Buch (surname), a list of people with the surname Buch - mostly, in India or abroad as of Indian origin. Geography Germany * Buch ...

in 1855 to join Berg). In 1619 Oberdorf left the municipality, in 1775 Schloss Schollenberg left and in 1788 Ziegelhütte left as well, all three joining

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Demographics

Berg am Irchel has a population (as of ) of . , 3.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 4.3%. Most of the population () speaks German (95.3%), with English being second most common ( 1.0%) and Albanian being third ( 1.0%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 52.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CSP (11.3%), the

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(10.2%) and the SPS (9.5%). The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 28.3% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 61.1% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 10.6%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Berg am Irchel about 79.2% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory

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or additional higher education (either university or a ''

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''). Berg am Irchel has an unemployment rate of 0.3%. , there were 57 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 28 businesses involved in this sector. 28 people are employed in the

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and there are 12 businesses in this sector. 43 people are employed in the

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, with 13 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 27-Jul-2009 The historical population is given in the following table: : including Gräslikon, though until 1855 it was part of

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