Lufingen

Lufingen
Coat of arms
Lufingen
Location of Lufingen
Coordinates: 47°30′N 8°36′E / 47.500°N 8.600°E / 47.500; 8.600Coordinates: 47°30′N 8°36′E / 47.500°N 8.600°E / 47.500; 8.600
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zurich
District	Bülach
Area
• Total	5.19 km2 (2.00 sq mi)
Elevation	459 m (1,506 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	2,066
• Density	400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Postal code	8426
SFOS number	0063
Surrounded by	Embrach, Kloten, Oberembrach, Winkel
Website	www.lufingen.ch SFSO statistics

Lufingen is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Lufingen is first mentioned in 1157 as Luvingin.

Lufingen has an area of 5.2 km² (2.0 sq mi). Of this area, 50.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 37.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 11.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located in the upper Embrachertal. It includes the village of Lufingen and since 1871 the village of Augwil.

Lufingen has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 2,066. As of 2007^[update], 14.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 47.6%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (88.9%), with Albanian being second most common ( 2.1%) and Italian being third ( 1.8%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 48.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (12.1%), the SPS (10.6%) and the CSP (8.9%).

The age distribution of the population (as of 2000^[update]) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 20.4% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 69.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 10.3%. In Lufingen about 83.8% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).