Fischenthal

Fischenthal
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Location of Fischenthal
Coordinates: 47°20′N 8°55′E / 47.333°N 8.917°E / 47.333; 8.917Coordinates: 47°20′N 8°55′E / 47.333°N 8.917°E / 47.333; 8.917
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zurich
District	Hinwil
Area
• Total	30.26 km2 (11.68 sq mi)
Elevation	840 m (2,760 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	2,425
• Density	80/km2 (210/sq mi)
Postal code	8000
SFOS number	0114
Localities	Steg, Fischenthal and Gibswil
Surrounded by	Bäretswil, Bauma, Fischingen (TG), Goldingen (SG), Hinwil, Mosnang (SG), Sternenberg, Wald
Website	www.fischenthal.ch SFSO statistics

Fischenthal is a municipality in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Besides the village of Fischenthal, it includes the villages of Gibswil and Steg, as well as nearly 100 smaller settlements.

Fischenthal is first mentioned in 878 as Fiskinestal.

Fischenthal is situated in the upper Töss Valley and is the largest municipality, in terms of land area, in the canton of Zurich. The Jona river rises near the municipality. The municipality includes the mountain villages of Fischenthal, Gibswil and Steg as well as nearly 100 settlements scattered throughout the Tössbergland (Töss mountain land). Gibswil is known for the ski jumping hill Bachtelblick-Schanze.

Fischenthal has an area of 30.2 km² (11.7 sq mi). Of this area, 31.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 63.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In 1996^[update] housing and buildings made up 2% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (2%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.6% of the area. As of 2007^[update] 2.9% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

Fischenthal has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 2,425. with 11.8% foreign nationals. The gender distribution of the population was 51.2% male and 48.8% female.

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 52.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (12.1%), the Green Party (8.9%) and the CSP (8.3%).