Dachsen is a
municipality
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in the district of
Andelfingen in the
canton of
Zürich
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in
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
.
History
Dachsen is first mentioned in 876 as ''Tahsheim''.
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Geography
Dachsen has an area of . Of this area, 52.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 13% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 25.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (8.9%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[
The municipality is a ]linear village
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(built along a single street) on a terrace near the Rhine knee
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Basel
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near Laufen-Uhwiesen
Laufen-Uhwiesen is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
History
Laufen-Uhwiesen is first mentioned in 858 as ''ad Laufin''. In 1290 it was mentioned as ''ze Uwisan''.
Geography
Laufen-Uhwiesen ...
. Currently it is part of the agglomeration
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* Economies of agg ...
of Schaffhausen
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, even though it is in the canton of Zürich.
Demographics
Dachsen has a population (as of ) of . , 11.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 34%. Most of the population () speaks German (95.1%), with Italian being second most common (1.6%) and French being third (0.7%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 35.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS
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(18.8%), the Green Party
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(12.8%) and the FDP (11.1%).
The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 26.5% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 60% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 13.5%. In Dachsen about 83.9% 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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'').
Dachsen has an unemployment rate of 1.4%. , there were 30 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 190 people are employed in the secondary sector
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and there are 17 businesses in this sector. 128 people are employed in the tertiary sector
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, with 38 businesses in this sector.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office]
accessed 27-Jul-2009
Historical population
The historical population is given in the following graph:
Transportation
Dachsen railway station
Dachsen is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Zurich and municipality of Dachsen. It is located on the Rheinfall line and is served by Zurich S-Bahn lines S12 and S33.
References
External links
*Dachsen station on Swiss Federal R ...
is a stop of the S-Bahn Zürich
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on the line S33.
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