Wil, Zurich

Wil

Coat of arms

Wil

Wil

Location of Wil

Coordinates: 47°36′N 8°30′E / 47.600°N 8.500°ECoordinates: 47°36′N 8°30′E / 47.600°N 8.500°E

Country

Area

• Total

8.95 km² (3.46 sq mi)

Elevation

406 m (1,332 ft)

Population (Dec 2016)

• Total

1,364

• Density

150/km² (390/sq mi)

Postal code

8196

SFOS number

0071

Surrounded by

Dettighofen (DE-BW), Eglisau, Hüntwangen, Klettgau (DE-BW), Rafz, Wasterkingen

Website

www.wil-zh.ch
SFSO statistics

Wil is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Wil has an area of 9 km² (3.5 sq mi). Of this area, 54.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 30.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 14.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.9%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

There are border crossings into Germany at near Wil town (to Bühl in Baden-Wurttemberg) and Buchenloo (to Dettighofen in Baden-Wurttemberg).

Wil has a population (as of 31 December 2016) of 1,364. As of 2007^[update], 7.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -1.6%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (95.5%), with Spanish being second most common ( 0.8%) and Italian being third ( 0.7%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 48.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CSP (12.2%), the SPS (11.5%) and the FDP (11.4%).

The age distribution of the population (as of 2000^[update]) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 28.1% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 60.2% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 11.7%. In Wil about 82% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).

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