Dinhard

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Dinhard

Location of Dinhard

Coordinates: 47°33′N 8°46′E / 47.550°N 8.767°ECoordinates: 47°33′N 8°46′E / 47.550°N 8.767°E

Country

Area

• Total

7.06 km² (2.73 sq mi)

Elevation

434 m (1,424 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

1,490

• Density

210/km² (550/sq mi)

Postal code

8474

SFOS number

0216

Surrounded by

Altikon, Dägerlen, Rickenbach, Seuzach, Thalheim an der Thur, Winterthur

Website

www.dinhard.ch
SFSO statistics

Dinhard is a municipality in the district of Winterthur, which is located in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Dinhard is first mentioned in 1275 as Thynart.

Dinhard has an area of 7.1 km² (2.7 sq mi). Of this area, 70.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 19.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 10% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In 1996^[update] housing and buildings made up 6.2% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (3.9%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.4% of the area. As of 2007^[update] 6.3% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

The municipality is located in the southern Zürcher Weinland. It consists of the villages of Kirch- and Ausser-Dinhard, Welsikon, Eschlikon and Vorder Grüt.

Dinhard has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 1,490. As of 2007^[update], 6.5% 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 7.6%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (97.3%), with English being second most common ( 0.7%) and Italian being third ( 0.5%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 46% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CSP (11.3%), the FDP (10.9%) and the Green Party (10.2%).

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