Lufingen

Lufingen is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Lufingen
Coat of arms
Location of Lufingen
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Coordinates: 47°30′N 8°36′E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zurich
District	Bülach
Area [1]
• Total	5.18 km^2 (2.00 sq mi)
Elevation	459 m (1,506 ft)
Population  (2018-12-31)[2]
• Total	2,400
• Density	460/km^2 (1,200/sq mi)
Postal code	8426
SFOS number	0063
Surrounded by	Embrach, Kloten, Oberembrach, Winkel
Website	www.lufingen.ch SFSO statistics

History

Aerial view (1959)

Lufingen is first mentioned in 1157 as Luvingin.[3]

Geography

Lufingen has an area of 5.2 km² (2.0 sq mi). Of this area, 50.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 37.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 11.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[4] The municipality is located in the upper Embrachertal. It includes the village of Lufingen and since 1871 the village of Augwil.

Demographics

Lufingen has a population (as of 31 December 2018) of 2,401.[5] As of 2007, 14.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 47.6%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (88.9%), with Albanian being second most common ( 2.1%) and Italian being third ( 1.8%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 48.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (12.1%), the SPS (10.6%) and the CSP (8.9%).

The age distribution of the population (as of 2000) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 20.4% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 69.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 10.3%. In Lufingen about 83.8% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).

Lufingen has an unemployment rate of 2.17%. As of 2005, there were 32 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 14 businesses involved in this sector. 62 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 12 businesses in this sector. 128 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 32 businesses in this sector.[4] The historical population is given in the following table:[3]

year	population
1467	c. 15^a
1634	148^a
1850	259^a
1900	332^b
1950	343
2000	1,172

^a Not including Augwil

^b After 1871 population numbers include Augwil

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. Lufingen in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
4. Swiss Federal Statistical Office Archived 2016-01-05 at the Wayback Machine accessed 30-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

External links

• Official website (in German)