Hettlingen

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Hettlingen

Location of Hettlingen

Coordinates: 47°33′N 8°43′E / 47.550°N 8.717°ECoordinates: 47°33′N 8°43′E / 47.550°N 8.717°E

Country

Area

• Total

5.9 km² (2.3 sq mi)

Elevation

433 m (1,421 ft)

Population (Dec 2016)

• Total

3,159

• Density

540/km² (1,400/sq mi)

Postal code

8442

SFOS number

0221

Surrounded by

Dägerlen, Henggart, Neftenbach, Seuzach, Winterthur

Website

www.hettlingen.ch
SFSO statistics

Hettlingen is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Hettlingen is first mentioned in 886 as Hetelinga.

Hettlingen has an area of 5.8 km² (2.2 sq mi). Of this area, 61.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 21.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 16.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.9%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In 1996^[update] housing and buildings made up 10.7% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (5.8%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.2% of the area. As of 2007^[update] 13.8% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

The municipality is located im the southern Zürcher Weinland.

Hettlingen has a population (as of 31 December 2016) of 3,159. As of 2007^[update], 6.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. As of 2008^[update] the gender distribution of the population was 48.6% male and 51.4% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 41.9%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (94.7%), with French being second most common ( 1.0%) and English being third ( 0.9%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 39.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (17.2%), the CSP (13.3%) and the SPS (13.2%).

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