Niederweningen

Niederweningen
Coat of arms
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Location of Niederweningen
Coordinates: 47°30′N 8°23′E / 47.500°N 8.383°E / 47.500; 8.383Coordinates: 47°30′N 8°23′E / 47.500°N 8.383°E / 47.500; 8.383
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zurich
District	Dielsdorf
Area
• Total	6.85 km2 (2.64 sq mi)
Elevation	505 m (1,657 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	2,856
• Density	420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Postal code	8166
SFOS number	0091
Surrounded by	Otelfingen, Schleinikon, Schneisingen (AG), Siglistorf (AG), Unterehrendingen (AG), Wettingen (AG)
Website	www.niederweningen.ch SFSO statistics

Niederweningen is a municipality in the district of Dielsdorf in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Niederweningen is first mentioned between 1096 and 1111 as Waningen. In 1269 it was mentioned as Nidirunweningin.

The railway reached Niederweningen in 1891 with the opening of the Swiss Northeastern Railway's Wehntal line. The line was extended by a further 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) to its current terminus in 1938.

In 1890 the most important site of Ice Age animals in Switzerland was discovered in Niederweningen. Particularly the uppermost deposits with the so-called Mammut turf layer were studied up in about 5 metres (16 ft) depth, and between 1983 and 1985 by three research boreholes to a depth of 21 metres (69 ft). In 2003 the remains of a Mammoth were found, and further finds resulted in the establishment of the present Mammutmuseum Niederweningen near the site of the first findings.

Niederweningen has an area of 6.9 km² (2.7 sq mi). Of this area, 48.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 38.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 13.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

The municipality stretches along the Surb river through the Wehntal from the northern edge of the Lägern ridge to the new housing developments on the southern face of the Egg.

Niederweningen has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 2,856. As of 2007^[update], 11.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 37.8%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (90.8%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.7%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 1.4%).