Laufen-Uhwiesen

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Laufen-Uhwiesen

Location of Laufen-Uhwiesen

Coordinates: 47°40′N 8°38′E / 47.667°N 8.633°ECoordinates: 47°40′N 8°38′E / 47.667°N 8.633°E

Country

Area

• Total

6.27 km² (2.42 sq mi)

Elevation

457 m (1,499 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

1,639

• Density

260/km² (680/sq mi)

Postal code

8248

SFOS number

0034

Surrounded by

Benken, Dachsen, Feuerthalen, Flurlingen, Jestetten (DE-BW), Neuhausen am Rheinfall (SH), Schlatt (TG), Trüllikon

Website

www.laufen-uhwiesen.ch
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Laufen-Uhwiesen is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Laufen-Uhwiesen is first mentioned in 858 as ad Laufin. In 1290 it was mentioned as ze Uwisan.

Laufen-Uhwiesen has an area of 6.3 km² (2.4 sq mi). Of this area, 40.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 44.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 11.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

The municipality is located on the edge of the Schaffhausen Agglomeration, though it is in the canton of Zürich. It includes the village of Uhwiesen, which is located on a terrace of the Cholfirst elevation, the village of Laufen with Laufen Castle on the Rhine Falls, and the hamlet of Nohl on the right bank of the Rhine. Until 1840, it was part of the municipality of Flurlingen.

Laufen-Uhwiesen has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 1,639. As of 2007^[update], 9.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 13.3%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (97.0%), with English being second most common ( 0.8%) and French being third ( 0.4%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 44.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (15.5%), the SPS (12.2%) and the Green Party (9.2%).

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