Bertschikon bei Attikon

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Location of Bertschikon bei Attikon

Coordinates: 47°32′N 8°49′E / 47.533°N 8.817°ECoordinates: 47°32′N 8°49′E / 47.533°N 8.817°E

Country

Area

• Total

9.71 km² (3.75 sq mi)

Elevation

506 m (1,660 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

1,084

• Density

110/km² (290/sq mi)

Postal code

8544

SFOS number

0212

Surrounded by

Elgg, Ellikon an der Thur, Elsau, Frauenfeld (TG), Gachnang (TG), Hagenbuch, Wiesendangen

Website

www.bertschikon.ch
SFSO statistics

Bertschikon bei Attikon (or Bertschikon) is a former municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipality of Bertschikon merged into the municipality of Wiesendangen.

Bertschikon is first mentioned in 1255 as Bersinkon. The village of Gündlikon is first mentioned in 774 as Cundilinchova though the identification is debated. It is mentioned in 1162 as Gundilinchova. The municipality was created during the Helvetic Republic (1798–1803) though it wasn't fully established until 1882. It consists of seven old municipalities; Bertschikon, Gundetswil, Kefikon (Canton of Zürich portion only), Liebensberg, Stegen, Gündlikon and Zünikon.

Before the merger, Bertschikon had a total area of 9.6 km² (3.7 sq mi). Of this area, 68.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 20.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 10.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In 1996^[update] housing and buildings made up 4.3% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (6.8%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.1% of the area. As of 2007^[update] 3.9% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

The municipality consists of over 30 villages, hamlets and individual houses along the border with the Canton of Thurgau.

The Mayor is Brigitte Boller Schürch.

Bertschikon had a population (as of 2011) of 1,049. As of 2007^[update], 5.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. As of 2008^[update] the gender distribution of the population was 51.3% male and 48.7% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 2.6%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (96.2%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.0%) and French being third ( 0.7%).

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