Truttikon
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| subject_name | Truttikon |
| municipality_type | municipality |
| image_photo | Truttikon01.JPG |
| imagepath_coa | CHE Truttikon COA.svg |
| imagepath_flag | CHE Truttikon Flag.svg |
| canton | Zurich |
| iso-code-region | CH-ZH |
| district | Andelfingen |
| coordinates | |
| postal_code | 8467 |
| municipality_code | 0041 |
| area | 4.42 |
| elevation | 465 |
| population | |
| website | www.truttikon.ch |
| mayor | |
| mayor_title | |
| places | Burghof, Gisenhard, Hausen bei Ossingen, Langenmoos |
| neighboring_municipalities | Basadingen-Schlattingen (TG), Ossingen, Schlatt (TG), Trüllikon, Waltalingen |
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Truttikon is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
Geography
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Truttikon has an area of 4.4 km2. Of this area, 64.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 28.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
Demographics
Truttikon has a population (as of ) of . , 3.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 13.2%. Most of the population () speaks German (95.9%), with English being second most common ( 1.4%) and Italian being third ( 0.5%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 41.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the local small left-wing parties (15.7%), the SPS (15.5%) and the FDP (8.8%).
The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 29.7% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 58.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 11.5%. In Truttikon about 86.3% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
Truttikon has an unemployment rate of 0.77%. , there were 71 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 22 businesses involved in this sector. 16 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 5 businesses in this sector. 22 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 8 businesses in this sector.
References
References
- [http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] accessed 28-Jul-2009
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