Hütten, Switzerland

Hütten
Coat of arms
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Location of Hütten
Coordinates: 47°10′N 8°40′E / 47.167°N 8.667°E / 47.167; 8.667Coordinates: 47°10′N 8°40′E / 47.167°N 8.667°E / 47.167; 8.667
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zurich
District	Horgen
Government
• Mayor	Verena Dressler
Area
• Total	7.29 km2 (2.81 sq mi)
Elevation	729 m (2,392 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	898
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Postal code	8825
SFOS number	0134
Surrounded by	Feusisberg (SZ), Menzingen (ZG), Oberägeri (ZG), Richterswil (ZH), Schönenberg (ZH), Wollerau (SZ)
Website	www.huetten.ch SFSO statistics

Hütten is a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Hütten is first mentioned in 1270 as ze dien Hütten.

Hütten has an area of 7.2 km² (2.8 sq mi). Of this area, 52.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 36.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In 1996^[update] housing and buildings made up 2.8% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (2.8%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 2.8% of the area. As of 2007^[update] 1.8% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

The municipality is near the Hüttnersee, a small lake shared with Richterswil. It is a linear village (Strassendorf) made up of hamlets and farm houses along both sides of the Sihl.

Hütten has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 898. 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 52.9% male and 47.1% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 7.4%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (93.1%), with English being second most common ( 1.5%) and Albanian being third ( 1.3%).