Turbenthal

Turbenthal
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Location of Turbenthal
Coordinates: 47°26′N 8°51′E / 47.433°N 8.850°E / 47.433; 8.850Coordinates: 47°26′N 8°51′E / 47.433°N 8.850°E / 47.433; 8.850
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zurich
District	Winterthur
Area
• Total	25.21 km2 (9.73 sq mi)
Elevation	554 m (1,818 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	4,469
• Density	180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Postal code	8488
SFOS number	0228
Surrounded by	Aadorf (TG), Bichelsee-Balterswil (TG), Fischingen (TG), Hofstetten bei Elgg, Schlatt, Wila, Wildberg, Zell
Website	www.turbenthal.ch SFSO statistics

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

Turbenthal has an area of 25.2 km² (9.7 sq mi). Of this area, 34.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 57.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 7.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In 1996^[update] housing and buildings made up 4.3% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (2.8%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.3% of the area. As of 2007^[update], 4.8% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

Turbenthal is situated in the upper Töss Valley.

Turbenthal has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 4,469. As of 2007^[update], 16.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. As of 2008^[update] the gender distribution of the population was 50.2% male and 49.8% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 0.3%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (88.1%), with Italian being second most common ( 3.8%) and Albanian being third ( 1.8%).

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 (18.3%), the CSP (13.5%) and the Green Party (10.8%).