Weisslingen

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Weisslingen

Location of Weisslingen

Coordinates: 47°26′N 8°46′E / 47.433°N 8.767°ECoordinates: 47°26′N 8°46′E / 47.433°N 8.767°E

Country

Area

• Total

12.81 km² (4.95 sq mi)

Elevation

576 m (1,890 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

3,255

• Density

250/km² (660/sq mi)

Postal code

8484

SFOS number

0180

Surrounded by

Illnau-Effretikon, Kyburg, Russikon, Wildberg, Zell

Website

www.weisslingen.ch
SFSO statistics

Weisslingen is a municipality in the district of Pfäffikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Weisslingen has an area of 12.8 km² (4.9 sq mi). Of this area, 45.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 43.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 10.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In 1996^[update] housing and buildings made up 6.6% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (3.7%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.4% of the area. As of 2007^[update] 7.4% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

Weisslingen has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 3,255. As of 2007^[update], 6.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. As of 2008^[update] the gender distribution of the population was 50.4% male and 49.6% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 9.9%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (95.4%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.1%) and English being third ( 0.7%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 43.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CSP (12.9%), the SPS (11.9%) and the FDP (10.6%).

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