Oberrieden

Oberrieden from across Lake Zurich

Coat of arms

Oberrieden

Location of Oberrieden

Coordinates: 47°17′N 8°35′E / 47.283°N 8.583°ECoordinates: 47°17′N 8°35′E / 47.283°N 8.583°E

Country

Area

• Total

2.79 km² (1.08 sq mi)

Elevation

460 m (1,510 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

5,027

• Density

1,800/km² (4,700/sq mi)

Postal code

8942

SFOS number

0137

Surrounded by

Herrliberg, Horgen, Meilen, Thalwil

Website

www.oberrieden.ch
SFSO statistics

Oberrieden is a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. It is one of the towns along the south shore of Lake Zurich.

Oberrieden is first mentioned between 1133 and 1167 as Obrendrieden.

Oberrieden has an area of 2.8 km² (1.1 sq mi). Of this area, 15.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 42.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 40.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In 1996^[update] housing and buildings made up 27.2% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (13.8%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.7% of the area. As of 2007^[update] 42.1% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

The municipality is located on the left side of Zurich Lake. It stretches from the Sihl to Zurich Lake.

Oberrieden has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 5,027. As of 2007^[update], 15.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. As of 2008^[update] the gender distribution of the population was 47.5% male and 52.5% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 11.6%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (89.8%), with English being second most common ( 2.5%) and Italian being third ( 2.0%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 31.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (20%), the SPS (16.4%) and the CSP (11.7%).

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