Schwerzenbach

Schwerzenbach
Coat of arms
Schwerzenbach
Location of Schwerzenbach
Coordinates: 47°23′N 8°40′E / 47.383°N 8.667°E / 47.383; 8.667Coordinates: 47°23′N 8°40′E / 47.383°N 8.667°E / 47.383; 8.667
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zürich
District	Uster
Area
• Total	2.65 km2 (1.02 sq mi)
Elevation	443 m (1,453 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	5,020
• Density	1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi)
Postal code	8603
SFOS number	0197
Surrounded by	Dübendorf, Fällanden, Greifensee, Volketswil
Twin towns	Aizpute (Latvia)
Website	www.schwerzenbach.ch SFSO statistics

Schwerzenbach is a municipality in the district of Uster in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, and belongs to the Glatt Valley (German: Glattal).

Schwerzenbach has an area of 2.7 km² (1.0 sq mi). Of this area, 40.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 6.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 38.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (14%) is non-productive (rivers, etc.). In 1996^[update] housing and buildings made up 26.9% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (11.7%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 1.1% of the area. As of 2007^[update] 39.8% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

Mayor is Thomas Weber (independent, 2014).

Schwerzenbach has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 5,020. As of 2007^[update], 18.4% 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 6.5%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (84.8%), with Italian being second most common ( 3.6%) and Albanian being third ( 2.0%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 34.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (17.5%), the CSP (15.4%) and the FDP (13.2%).