Volken
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| subject_name | Volken |
| municipality_type | municipality |
| image_photo | Volken bushaltejo 266.jpg |
| imagepath_coa | CHE Volken COA.svg |
| imagepath_flag | CHE Volken Flag.svg |
| canton | Zurich |
| iso-code-region | CH-ZH |
| district | Andelfingen |
| coordinates | |
| postal_code | 8459 |
| municipality_code | 0043 |
| area | 3.21 |
| elevation | 406 |
| population | |
| website | www.volken.ch |
| mayor | |
| mayor_title | |
| neighboring_municipalities | Andelfingen, Berg am Irchel, Buch am Irchel, Dorf, Flaach |
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Volken is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
Geography
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Volken has an area of 3.3 km2. Of this area, 64.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 29.1% is forested. The rest of the land, (6.7%) is settled.
Demographics
Volken has a population (as of ) of . , 6.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 15%. Most of the population () speaks German (93.7%), with Albanian being second most common ( 3.7%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.7%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 60.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (12.4%), the CSP (11.2%) and the SPS (9.1%).
The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 28.7% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 11.9%. In Volken about 90.5% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
Volken has an unemployment rate of 0.21%. , there were 46 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 18 businesses involved in this sector. 4 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 1 businesses in this sector. 22 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 7 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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