Seuzach

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Seuzach

Location of Seuzach

Coordinates: 47°32′N 8°44′E / 47.533°N 8.733°ECoordinates: 47°32′N 8°44′E / 47.533°N 8.733°E

Country

Area

• Total

7.57 km² (2.92 sq mi)

Elevation

455 m (1,493 ft)

Population (Dec 2016)

• Total

7,265

• Density

960/km² (2,500/sq mi)

Postal code

8472

SFOS number

0227

Surrounded by

Dägerlen, Dinhard, Hettlingen, Winterthur

Website

www.seuzach.ch
SFSO statistics

Seuzach is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Seuzach has an area of 7.6 km² (2.9 sq mi). Of this area, 44.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 24.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 30.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.9%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In 1996^[update] housing and buildings made up 20.4% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (9.9%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.5% of the area. As of 2007^[update], 22.1% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

Seuzach has a population (as of 31 December 2016) of 7,265. As of 2007^[update], 9.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. As of 2008^[update] the gender distribution of the population was 49.6% male and 50.4% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 11.1%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (92.5%), with Italian being second most common ( 2.1%) and Albanian being third ( 1.0%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 41.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (17.1%), the SPS (13.6%) and the CSP (10.4%).

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