Ellikon an der Thur is a

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in the district of

Winterthur , neighboring_municipalities = Brütten, Dinhard, Elsau, Hettlingen, Illnau-Effretikon, Kyburg, Lindau, Neftenbach, Oberembrach, Pfungen, Rickenbach, Schlatt, Seuzach, Wiesendangen, Zell , twintowns = Hall in Tirol (Austri ...

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

Ellikon an der Thur is first mentioned in 1257 as ''Ellinkon''.

Geography

Ellikon an der Thur has an area of . Of this area, 69.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 19.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 10.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 5.9% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (4.3%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.4% of the area. 6.7% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

Demographics

Ellikon an der Thur has a population (as of ) of . , 8.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 50.6% male and 49.4% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 13.9%. Most of the population () speaks German (93.3%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 3.2%) and Albanian being third ( 0.7%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 53.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (10.8%), the

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(10.4%) and the FDP (8.4%). The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 29.9% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 58.6% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 11.5%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Ellikon an der Thur about 83.2% 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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''). There are 286 households in Ellikon an der Thur. Ellikon an der Thur has an unemployment rate of 0.87%. , there were 185 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 21 businesses involved in this sector. 113 people are employed in the

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and there are 11 businesses in this sector. 132 people are employed in the

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, with 19 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 14-Aug-2009 39.3% of the working population were employed full-time, and 60.7% were employed part-time.
accessed 4 August 2009 there were 129

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and 533

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in Ellikon an der Thur. In the 2000 census, religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the , 71.6% were some type of Protestant, with 67.4% belonging to the

Swiss Reformed Church The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...

and 4.2% belonging to other Protestant churches. 13.2% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 0% were Muslim, 5% belonged to another religion (not listed), 1.9% did not give a religion, and 8.4% were atheist or agnostic. The historical population is given in the following table:

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ellikon An Der Thur Municipalities of the canton of Zürich