Dorf, Switzerland

Dorf is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. The German word Dorf means “village”.

Dorf
Coat of arms
Location of Dorf
Dorf
Dorf
Coordinates: 47°34.319′N 8°38.882′E
CountrySwitzerland
CantonZurich
DistrictAndelfingen
Area
 • Total5.56 km2 (2.15 sq mi)
Elevation
426 m (1,398 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31)[2]
 • Total658
 • Density120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Postal code
8458
SFOS number0026
Surrounded byAndelfingen, Buch am Irchel, Humlikon, Neftenbach, Volken
Websitewww.dorf.ch
SFSO statistics

History

Dorf is first mentioned in 1044 as Dorf, though the document that mentions this is a copy from 1347.[3]

Dorf
Dorf
Aerial view (1948)

Because Dorf simply means village in German, there are a number of Dorfs throughout Switzerland, Germany and Austria. In Switzerland, Dorf is the only municipality with this name. There are a number of smaller villages or hamlets with either an entire name of Dorf/Dorfli or ending in -dorf.

Geography

Dorf has an area of 5.5 km2 (2.1 sq mi). Of this area, 52.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 40.6% is forested. The rest of the land, (6.7%) is settled.[4]

The municipality is located at the entrance to the Flaacker river valley.

Demographics

Dorf has a population (as of 31 December 2018) of 658.[5] As of 2007, 6.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 20.3%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (95.4%), with English being second most common ( 1.3%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 1.3%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 55.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (9.5%), the local small left-wing parties (9%) and the CSP (8.5%).

The age distribution of the population (as of 2000) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 27.3% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 63.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 8.8%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Dorf 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 Fachhochschule).

Dorf has an unemployment rate of 1.2%. As of 2005, there were 42 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 14 businesses involved in this sector. 30 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are nine businesses in this sector. 73 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 15 businesses in this sector.[4] The historical population is given in the following table:[3]

year population
1467 50
1634 187
1850 413
1900 336
1950 295
1970 280
2000 593
  • Dorf is mentioned in Jostein Gaarder's Solitaire Mystery.
gollark: You *can* just leave.
gollark: Er, power use.
gollark: The internet says that total human energy use is something like 20 TW, sooo...
gollark: 500 GW for very long would... probably cause problems?
gollark: Fusion reactors and stuff have really powerful ones which pulse very very briefly.

References
  1. "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. Dorf in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  4. Swiss Federal Statistical Office Archived January 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine accessed 27-Jul-2009
  5. Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB, online database – Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit (in German) accessed 23 September 2019
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