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Boppelsen

Field	Value
subject_name	Boppelsen
municipality_type	municipality
image_photo	Boppelsen01.JPG
imagepath_coa	CHE Boppelsen COA.svg
imagepath_flag	CHE Boppelsen Flag.svg
canton	Zurich
iso-code-region	CH-ZH
district	Dielsdorf
coordinates
postal_code	8113
municipality_code	0082
area	3.94
elevation	521	elevation_description=
population		populationof =	popofyear =
website	www.boppelsen.ch
mayor		mayor_asof=	mayor_party=
mayor_title		list_of_mayors =
neighboring_municipalities	Buchs, Otelfingen, Regensberg, Schleinikon

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Boppelsen is a municipality in the district of Dielsdorf in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

History

Boppelsen is first mentioned in 1130 as de Bobpinsolo.

Geography

Boppelsen has an area of 3.9 km2. Of this area, 42.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 47.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 9.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

The municipality is located in the hills above the Furttal.

Demographics

Boppelsen has a population (as of ) of . , 11.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 41.7%. Most of the population () speaks German (92.2%), with Portuguese being second most common ( 2.7%) and French being third ( 0.7%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 39.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (16.9%), the CSP (15.1%) and the SPS (10.3%).

The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 21.6% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 68.4% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 10%. About 87.8% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).

Boppelsen has an unemployment rate of 1.44%. , there were 112 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 17 businesses involved in this sector. 21 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 8 businesses in this sector. 82 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 31 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table:

year	population
1634	168
1709	206
1850	334
1900	256
1910	234
1950	292
2000	1,018

References

[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] {{webarchive. link. (January 5, 2016 accessed 03-Aug-2009)
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