Boppelsen is a

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in the district of Dielsdorf 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 () i ...

in Switzerland.

History

Boppelsen is first mentioned in 1130 as ''de Bobpinsolo''.

Geography

Boppelsen has an area of . Of this area, 42.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 47.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 9.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located in the hills above the ''

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''.

Demographics

Boppelsen has a population (as of ) of . , 11.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 41.7%. Most of the population () speaks German (92.2%), with Portuguese being second most common ( 2.7%) and French being third ( 0.7%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 39.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (16.9%), the

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(15.1%) and the SPS (10.3%). The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 21.6% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 68.4% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 10%. About 87.8% 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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''). Boppelsen has an unemployment rate of 1.44%. , there were 112 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 17 businesses involved in this sector. 21 people are employed in the

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and there are 8 businesses in this sector. 82 people are employed in the

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, with 31 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 03-Aug-2009 The historical population is given in the following table:

References

External links

* * {{Authority control Municipalities of the canton of Zürich