Rafz

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Rafz

Location of Rafz

Coordinates: 47°37′N 8°32′E / 47.617°N 8.533°ECoordinates: 47°37′N 8°32′E / 47.617°N 8.533°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Jürg Sigrist

Area

• Total

10.69 km² (4.13 sq mi)

Elevation

419 m (1,375 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

4,341

• Density

410/km² (1,100/sq mi)

Postal code

8197

SFOS number

0067

Surrounded by

Buchberg (SH), Dettighofen (DE-BW), Eglisau, Jestetten (DE-BW), Lottstetten (DE-BW), Rüdlingen (SH), Wil

Twin towns

Hetvehely (Hungary)

Website

www.rafz.ch
SFSO statistics

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

Rafz has an area of 10.7 km² (4.1 sq mi). Of this area, 52% is used for agricultural purposes, while 33.1% is forested. The rest of the land (14.9%) is settled.

Rafz has border crossings into Germany at Schluchenberg with Baltersweil in Baden-Württemberg, Germany to the north of town; Rafz town with Lottstetten town also in Baden-Württemberg, and at Solgen with Lottstetten.

Rafz has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 4,341. As of 2007^[update], 14.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 18.3%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (91.1%), with Italian being second most common (2.5%) and Albanian being third (2.5%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 44% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (18.3%), the CSP (10.2%) and the Green Party (8.9%).

The age distribution of the population (as of 2000^[update]) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 28.5% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 11.7%. In Rafz about 79.5% of the population (between age 25 and 64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).

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