Oetwil an der Limmat is a

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in the district of

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in the canton of

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, located in the

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(German: ''Limmattal'').

History

Oetwil an der Limmat is first mentioned around 850 as ''Otenwilare''.

Geography

Oetwil an der Limmat has an area of . Of this area, 36.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 39% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 20.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 15.9% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (4.3%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 3.3% of the area. 19% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. The municipality is located on the right side of the Limmattal on the border with the

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Demographics

Oetwil an der Limmat has a population (as of ) of . , 12.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 50.8% male and 49.2% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 5.7%. Most of the population () speaks German (91.5%), with French being second most common (1.9%) and Italian being third (1.4%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 46.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (19.7%), the SPS (11.4%) and the CVP (9.1%). The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 18.3% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 70.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 10.8%. In Oetwil an der Limmat about 84.6% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''

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''). There are 1000 households in Oetwil an der Limmat. Oetwil an der Limmat has an unemployment rate of 2.39%. , there were 12 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 6 businesses involved in this sector. 81 people are employed in the

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and there are 22 businesses in this sector. 170 people are employed in the

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, with 57 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 05-Aug-2009 42.2% of the working population were employed full-time, and 57.8% were employed part-time.
accessed 4 August 2009 there were 1198

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and 1590

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in Oetwil an der Limmat. In the , religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the 2000 census, 43.2% were some type of Protestant, with 40.4% belonging to the

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and 2.8% belonging to other Protestant churches. 27.7% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 0% were Muslim, 12.4% belonged to another religion (not listed), 4.5% did not give a religion, and 11.2% were atheist or agnostic.

References

External links

Official website
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