Lindau, Switzerland

Lindau
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Location of Lindau
Coordinates: 47°27′N 8°40′E / 47.450°N 8.667°E / 47.450; 8.667Coordinates: 47°27′N 8°40′E / 47.450°N 8.667°E / 47.450; 8.667
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zurich
District	Pfäffikon
Area
• Total	11.99 km2 (4.63 sq mi)
Elevation	519 m (1,703 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	5,379
• Density	450/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Postal code	8315
SFOS number	0176
Surrounded by	Bassersdorf, Brütten, Illnau-Effretikon, Nürensdorf, Volketswil, Wangen-Brüttisellen, Winterthur
Website	www.lindau.ch SFSO statistics

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

Lindau is first mentioned in 774 as Lintauvia.

Lindau has an area of 11.9 km² (4.6 sq mi). Of this area, 47.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 34% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 18.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In 1996^[update] housing and buildings made up 9% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (9.1%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.2% of the area. As of 2007^[update] 13.7% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

The municipality if located in the western portion of the lower Kempt valley. It includes the villages of Lindau, Tagelswangen, Winterberg and Grafstal.

Lindau has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 5,379. As of 2007^[update], 18.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. As of 2008^[update] the gender distribution of the population was 51% male and 49% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 33%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (85.6%), with Italian being second most common ( 3.7%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 3.0%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 40% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (14.5%), the FDP (11.7%) and the CSP (11.1%).