Wasterkingen

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Field	Value
subject_name	Wasterkingen
municipality_type	municipality
image_photo	Wasterkingen vilagheniro 086.JPG
imagepath_flag	CHE Wasterkingen Flag.svg
imagepath_coa	CHE Wasterkingen COA.svg
canton	Zurich
iso-code-region	CH-ZH
district	Bülach
coordinates
postal_code	8195
municipality_code	0070
area	3.95
elevation	393
population
website	www.wasterkingen.ch
mayor
mayor_title
neighboring_municipalities	Hohentengen am Hochrhein (DE-BW), Hüntwangen, Klettgau (DE-BW), Wil
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| subject_name = Wasterkingen | municipality_type = municipality | image_photo = Wasterkingen vilagheniro 086.JPG | imagepath_flag = CHE Wasterkingen Flag.svg | imagepath_coa = CHE Wasterkingen COA.svg | canton = Zurich | iso-code-region = CH-ZH | district = Bülach |coordinates = | postal_code = 8195 | municipality_code = 0070 | area = 3.95 | elevation = 393|elevation_description= | population = | populationof = | popofyear = | website = www.wasterkingen.ch | mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= Hohentengen am Hochrhein (DE-BW), Hüntwangen, Klettgau (DE-BW), Wil | twintowns = |}}

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

History

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In 2002, Wasterkingen had his 900th birthday, the Wasterkingener celebrated a big party and there were a lot of interesting attractions to learn more about the history of this little village.

Geography

Wasterkingen has an area of 3.9 km2. Of this area, 46.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 43.4% is forested. The rest of the land, (10.2%) is settled.

Wasterkingen has a road border crossing into Germany. Günzgen in the state of Baden-Württemberg lies just across the border.

Demographics

Wasterkingen has a population (as of ) of . , 7.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 3.7%. Most of the population () speaks German (98.0%), with French being second most common ( 0.7%) and English being third ( 0.5%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 53.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (17.3%), the Green Party (10.3%) and the CSP (6.2%).

The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 28.6% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 60.4% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 11.1%. In Wasterkingen about 91.8% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).

Wasterkingen has an unemployment rate of 1.25%. , there were 31 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. 4 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 3 businesses in this sector. 21 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 7 businesses in this sector.

References

[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] accessed 30-Jul-2009

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