Niederurdorf

Urdorf
Coat of arms
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Location of Urdorf
Coordinates: 47°23′N 8°26′E / 47.383°N 8.433°E / 47.383; 8.433Coordinates: 47°23′N 8°26′E / 47.383°N 8.433°E / 47.383; 8.433
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zurich
District	Dietikon
Area
• Total	7.58 km2 (2.93 sq mi)
Elevation	416 m (1,365 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	9,673
• Density	1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
Postal code	8902
SFOS number	0250
Surrounded by	Bergdietikon (AG), Birmensdorf, Dietikon, Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg (AG), Schlieren, Uitikon, Zurich
Website	www.urdorf.ch SFSO statistics

Urdorf is a municipality in the district of Dietikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, located in the Limmat Valley (German: Limmattal).

Urdorf has an area of 7.6 km² (2.9 sq mi). Of this area, 32.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 32.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 34.5% 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 25.9% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (8.8%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.4% of the area. As of 2007^[update] 26.2% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. In 1931 Niederurdorf and Oberurdorf were excluded from the Zürich District to form the municipality of Urdorf.

Urdorf has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 9,673. As of 2007^[update], 18.9% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. As of 2008^[update] the gender distribution of the population was 49.3% male and 50.7% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 1.4%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (85.7%), with Italian being second most common ( 3.6%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 2.1%).