Ellikon an der Thur

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Ellikon an der Thur

Location of Ellikon an der Thur

Coordinates: 47°34′N 8°50′E / 47.567°N 8.833°ECoordinates: 47°34′N 8°50′E / 47.567°N 8.833°E

Country

Area

• Total

5.02 km² (1.94 sq mi)

Elevation

390 m (1,280 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

885

• Density

180/km² (460/sq mi)

Postal code

8548

SFOS number

0218

Surrounded by

Altikon, Bertschikon bei Attikon, Frauenfeld (TG), Gachnang (TG), Rickenbach, Uesslingen-Buch (TG), Wiesendangen

Website

www.ellikonanderthur.ch
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Ellikon an der Thur is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Ellikon an der Thur is first mentioned in 1257 as Ellinkon.

Ellikon an der Thur has an area of 5 km² (1.9 sq mi). Of this area, 69.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 19.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 10.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In 1996^[update] housing and buildings made up 5.9% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (4.3%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.4% of the area. As of 2007^[update] 6.7% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

Ellikon an der Thur has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 885. As of 2007^[update], 8.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. As of 2008^[update] the gender distribution of the population was 50.6% male and 49.4% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 13.9%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (93.3%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 3.2%) and Albanian being third ( 0.7%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 53.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (10.8%), the CSP (10.4%) and the FDP (8.4%).

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