Sternenberg, Switzerland

Sternenberg
Former municipality of Switzerland
Coat of arms
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Location of Sternenberg
Coordinates: 47°23′N 8°55′E / 47.383°N 8.917°E / 47.383; 8.917Coordinates: 47°23′N 8°55′E / 47.383°N 8.917°E / 47.383; 8.917
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zurich
District	Pfäffikon
Area
• Total	8.75 km2 (3.38 sq mi)
Elevation	870 m (2,850 ft)
Population (Dec 2013)
• Total	351
• Density	40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Postal code	8499
SFOS number	0179
Surrounded by	Bauma, Fischingen (TG), Fischenthal, Mosnang (SG), Wila
Website	www.sternenberg.ch SFSO statistics

Sternenberg is a former municipality in the district of Pfäffikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Bauma and Sternenberg merged to Bauma on 1 January 2015.

Before the merger, Sternenberg had a total area of 8.7 km² (3.4 sq mi). Of this area, 37.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 58% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In 1996^[update] housing and buildings made up 2.3% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (1.5%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0% of the area. As of 2007^[update] 0.9% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

Sternenberg had a population (as of 2013) of 351. As of 2007^[update], 4.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. As of 2008^[update] the gender distribution of the population was 51.3% male and 48.7% female. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -1.4%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (98.0%), with French being second most common ( 0.3%) and English being third ( 0.3%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 43.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (22.5%), the CSP (15.7%) and the Green Party (10.2%).