Hittnau

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Hittnau

Location of Hittnau

Coordinates: 47°22′N 8°49′E / 47.367°N 8.817°ECoordinates: 47°22′N 8°49′E / 47.367°N 8.817°E

Country

Area

• Total

12.97 km² (5.01 sq mi)

Elevation

640 m (2,100 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

3,608

• Density

280/km² (720/sq mi)

Postal code

8335

SFOS number

0173

Surrounded by

Bäretswil, Bauma, Pfäffikon

Website

www.hittnau.ch
SFSO statistics

Hittnau is a municipality in the district of Pfäffikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Hittnau is first mentioned in 905 as Hittenouva.

Hittnau has an area of 13 km² (5.0 sq mi). Of this area, 50% is used for agricultural purposes, while 37.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 11.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In 1996^[update] housing and buildings made up 7.6% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (4.2%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.4% of the area. As of 2007^[update] 6.1% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

The municipality is located between the Pfäffikon and Tösstal valleys. It includes the settlements of Ober- and Unterhittnau, Dürstelen, Isikon, Hasel, Schönau and Hofhalden.

Hittnau has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 3,608. As of 2007^[update], 7.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. As of 2008^[update] the gender distribution of the population was 49.8% male and 50.2% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 21.4%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (95.2%), with Italian being second most common ( 0.9%) and French being third ( 0.7%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 40.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (13.4%), the CSP (12.9%) and the FDP (10.2%).

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