Dachsen

Dachsen
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Location of Dachsen
Coordinates: 47°40′N 8°37′E / 47.667°N 8.617°E / 47.667; 8.617Coordinates: 47°40′N 8°37′E / 47.667°N 8.617°E / 47.667; 8.617
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zurich
District	Andelfingen
Area
• Total	2.71 km2 (1.05 sq mi)
Elevation	400 m (1,300 ft)
Population (Dec 2016)
• Total	1,988
• Density	730/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Postal code	8447
SFOS number	0025
Surrounded by	Benken, Jestetten (DE-BW), Laufen-Uhwiesen, Rheinau
Website	www.dachsen.ch SFSO statistics

Dachsen is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Dachsen is first mentioned in 876 as Tahsheim.

Dachsen has an area of 2.7 km² (1.0 sq mi). Of this area, 52.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 13% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 25.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (8.9%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

The municipality is a linear village (built along a single street) on a terrace near the Rhine knee near Laufen-Uhwiesen. Currently it is part of the agglomeration of Schaffhausen, even though it is in the canton of Zürich.

Dachsen has a population (as of 31 December 2016) of 1,988. As of 2007^[update], 11.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 34%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (95.1%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.6%) and French being third ( 0.7%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 35.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (18.8%), the Green Party (12.8%) and the FDP (11.1%).

The age distribution of the population (as of 2000^[update]) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 26.5% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 60% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 13.5%. In Dachsen about 83.9% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).