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Wollerau

Wollerau
Wollerau - Zürichsee IMG 8368.jpg
Coat of arms of Wollerau
Coat of arms
Wollerau is located in Switzerland
Wollerau
Wollerau
Coordinates: 47°11′N 8°43′E / 47.183°N 8.717°E / 47.183; 8.717Coordinates: 47°11′N 8°43′E / 47.183°N 8.717°E / 47.183; 8.717
Country Switzerland
Canton Schwyz
District Höfe
Area
 • Total 6.3 km2 (2.4 sq mi)
Elevation 514 m (1,686 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
 • Total 7,048
 • Density 1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi)
Postal code 8832
SFOS number 1323
Surrounded by Feusisberg, Freienbach, Hütten (ZH), Richterswil (ZH)
Website www.wollerau.ch
SFSO statistics

Wollerau is a municipality in Höfe District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. It lies on the upper Zürichsee.

Wollerau has an area, as of 2006, of 6.3 km2 (2.4 sq mi). Of this area, 56.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 13.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 24.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

Wollerau has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 7,048. As of 2007, 19.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 16.7%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (88.8%), with English being second most common ( 2.1%) and Italian being third ( 1.7%).

As of 2000 the gender distribution of the population was 51.5% male and 48.5% female. The age distribution, as of 2008, in Wollerau is; 1,348 people or 22.2% of the population is between 0 and 19. 1,767 people or 29.1% are 20 to 39, and 2,286 people or 37.6% are 40 to 64. The senior population distribution is 375 people or 6.2% are 65 to 74. There are 209 people or 3.4% who are 70 to 79 and 89 people or 1.47% of the population who are over 80.

As of 2000 there are 2,563 households, of which 732 households (or about 28.6%) contain only a single individual. 122 or about 4.8% are large households, with at least five members.

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 41.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (29.6%), the CVP (13.8%) and the SPS (10.4%).


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