Dättlikon

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Dättlikon

Location of Dättlikon

Coordinates: 47°31′N 8°38′E / 47.517°N 8.633°ECoordinates: 47°31′N 8°38′E / 47.517°N 8.633°E

Country

Area

• Total

2.89 km² (1.12 sq mi)

Elevation

386 m (1,266 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

745

• Density

260/km² (670/sq mi)

Postal code

8421

SFOS number

0215

Surrounded by

Buch am Irchel, Embrach, Freienstein-Teufen, Neftenbach, Pfungen

Website

www.daettlikon.ch
SFSO statistics

Dättlikon is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Dättlikon is first mentioned in 1241 as Tetelinkhoven.

Dättlikon has an area of 2.9 km² (1.1 sq mi). Of this area, 43% is used for agricultural purposes, while 45.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 9.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In 1996^[update] housing and buildings made up 5.6% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (3.8%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 1% of the area. As of 2007^[update] 9.6% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

The municipality is located on the southern terrace of Irchel evelvation, in the lower Töss Valley. It consists of the village of Dättlikon and the settlement Blumetshalden an der Töss.

Dättlikon has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 745. As of 2007^[update], 7.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. As of 2008^[update] the gender distribution of the population was 51.2% male and 48.8% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 19.6%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (96.8%), with English being second most common ( 0.8%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.6%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 39% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (19.1%), the CSP (13.2%) and the FDP (10.5%).

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