Feuerthalen is a

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in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of

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. Langwiesen also belongs to the same municipality.

History

Feuerthalen is first mentioned in 876 as ''Langewisa''. In 1318 it was mentioned as ''Fuirtal an dem Rine''.

Geography

Feuerthalen has an area of . Of this area, 16.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 43.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 38.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). It is located on the left bank of the

Rhine The Rhine ( ) is one of the List of rivers of Europe, major rivers in Europe. The river begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps. It forms part of the Swiss-Liechtenstein border, then part of the Austria–Swit ...

and provided the

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on that side of the river for the city of

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. It includes the village of Langwiesen which in turn shares an international border with the municipality of

Büsingen am Hochrhein Büsingen am Hochrhein (, ; Alemannic: ', ), often known simply as Büsingen, is a German municipality () in the south of Baden-Württemberg with a population of about 1,548 inhabitants. It is an exclave of Germany and Baden-Württemberg, and ...

which is an exclave of Germany, entirely surrounded by Swiss territory.

Demographics

Feuerthalen has a population (as of ) of . , 19.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 24%. Most of the population () speaks German (91.2%), with Italian being second most common ( 3.0%) and Albanian being third ( 1.3%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 37.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (20.9%), the CVP (10.7%) and the

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(10.4%). The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 20.9% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 60.2% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 19%. About 76.2% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''

Fachhochschule A (; plural ), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a Hochschule, German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts, such as engineering, te ...

''). Feuerthalen has an unemployment rate of 2.13%. , there were 12 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 1 businesses involved in this sector. 370 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 constructi ...

and there are 33 businesses in this sector. 625 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 ...

, with 83 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 27-Jul-2009 The historical population is given in the following table:

Notable residents

*Swiss-American architect

Othmar Ammann Othmar Hermann Ammann (March 26, 1879 – September 22, 1965) was a Swiss-American civil engineer whose bridge designs include the George Washington Bridge, Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, and Bayonne Bridge. He also directed the planning and const ...

was born in Feuerthalen. *Swiss opera composer Heinrich Sutermeister was born in Feuerthalen.

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