Geroldswil

Geroldswil
Coat of arms
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Location of Geroldswil
Coordinates: 47°25′N 8°25′E / 47.417°N 8.417°E / 47.417; 8.417Coordinates: 47°25′N 8°25′E / 47.417°N 8.417°E / 47.417; 8.417
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zurich
District	Dietikon
Area
• Total	1.93 km2 (0.75 sq mi)
Elevation	395 m (1,296 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	4,858
• Density	2,500/km2 (6,500/sq mi)
Postal code	8954
SFOS number	0244
Surrounded by	Dietikon, Oetwil an der Limmat, Weiningen
Website	www.geroldswil.ch SFSO statistics

Geroldswil is a municipality in the district of Dietikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, located in the Limmat Valley (German: Limmattal).

Geroldswil is first mentioned in 1255 as Geroltzwiler.

Geroldswil has an area of 1.9 km² (0.73 sq mi). Of this area, 27% is used for agricultural purposes, while 24.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 42.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (5.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In 1996^[update] housing and buildings made up 36.1% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (7.9%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 3.1% of the area. As of 2007^[update] 43.8% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

Originally a linear village (Strassendorf) in the Limmattal, in the second half of the 20th Century, Geroldswil has grown into a suburban externsion of the agglomeration of Zürich.

Geroldswil has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 4,858. As of 2007^[update], 18.9% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. As of 2008^[update] the gender distribution of the population was 50.2% male and 49.8% female. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -3.9%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (89.8%), with Italian being second most common ( 2.9%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 0.9%).