Dägerlen is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the

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of Zürich in Switzerland.

History

Dägerlen is first mentioned in the 14th Century as ''Tegerlo''. During the 13th Century, Rutschwil (first mentioned in 1219 as ''Ruoltswilare'') was the fief of a Kyburg. It was held by a ''

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'' or unfree knight in service of the Counts of Kyburg. They held extensive properties in what would become the municipality of Dägerlen. In 1264, when the Kyburg family died out, it came under the authority of the

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Geography

Dägerlen has an area of . Of this area, 66.9% is used for agricultural purposes, 25.2% is forested, 7.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 4.4% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. Water (streams and lakes) made up 0.4% of the total area. 4% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. The municipality is located on the edge of the

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south of the

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river. It includes the settlements of Dägerlen, Oberwil, Rutschwil, Berg and Bänk.

Demographics

Dägerlen has a population (as of ) of . , 7.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 51.5% male and 48.5% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 21.2%. Most of the population () speaks German (95.7%), with Albanian being second most common ( 2.2%) and Italian being third ( 0.6%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 51.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the

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(15.5%), the

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(12.6%) and the Green Party (9.4%). The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 30.3% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 10.5%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Dägerlen about 81.9% 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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''). There are 301 households in Dägerlen. Dägerlen has an unemployment rate of 1.18%. , 78 people were employed in the primary economic sector and about 32 businesses involved in this sector; 85 people were employed in the secondary sector and there are 12 businesses in this sector; 60 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 19 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 14-Aug-2009 41% of the working population were employed full-time, and 59% were employed part-time.
accessed 4 August 2009 there were 133

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and 643

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in Dägerlen. In the 2000 census, religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the , 73.6% were some type of Protestant, with 70.1% belonging to the

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and 3.5% belonging to other Protestant churches and 12.1% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 0% were Muslim, 3.7% belonged to another religion (not listed), 1.3% did not give a religion, and 9.3% were atheist or agnostic. The historical population is given in the following table:

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dagerlen Municipalities of the canton of Zürich