Bertschikon bei Attikon (or Bertschikon) is a former

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in the district of

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in the canton of

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in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipality of Bertschikon merged into the municipality of Wiesendangen.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
accessed 13 December 2014

History

Bertschikon is first mentioned in 1255 as ''Bersinkon''. The village of Gündlikon is first mentioned in 774 as ''Cundilinchova'' though the identification is debated. It is mentioned in 1162 as ''Gundilinchova''. The municipality was created during the

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(1798–1803) though it wasn't fully established until 1882. It consists of seven old municipalities; Bertschikon, Gundetswil, Kefikon (Canton of Zürich portion only), Liebensberg, Stegen, Gündlikon and Zünikon.

Geography

Before the merger, Bertschikon had a total area of . Of this area, 68.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 20.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 10.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 4.3% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (6.8%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.1% of the area. 3.9% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. The municipality consists of over 30 villages,

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and individual houses along the border with the

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Politics

The Mayor is Brigitte Boller Schürch.

Demographics

Bertschikon had a population (as of 2011) of 1,049.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 24 January 2014 , 5.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 51.3% male and 48.7% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 2.6%. Most of the population () speaks German (96.2%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.0%) and French being third ( 0.7%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 65.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CSP (10.2%), the

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(7.4%) and the

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(6.1%). The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 27.1% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 61.2% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 11.7%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Bertschikon about 81% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''

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''). There are 340 households in Bertschikon. Bertschikon has an unemployment rate of 0.81%. , there were 109 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 44 businesses involved in this sector. 38 people are employed in the

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and there are 14 businesses in this sector. 99 people are employed in the

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, with 23 businesses in this sector. 35.6% of the working population were employed full-time, and 64.4% were employed part-time.Statistics Zurich
accessed 4 August 2009 there were 184

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and 684

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in Bertschikon. In the 2000 census, religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the , 71.8% were some type of Protestant, with 67.9% belonging to the

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and 3.9% belonging to other Protestant churches. 17.5% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 0% were Muslim, 1.4% belonged to another religion (not listed), 3.5% did not give a religion, and 5.6% were atheist or agnostic. The historical population is given in the following table:

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bertschikon Bei Attikon Former municipalities of the canton of Zürich