Dänikon is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the district of

Dielsdorf Dielsdorf is a municipality, seat of the district of Dielsdorf in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Dielsdorf is first mentioned in 861 as ''Theolvesthoruf''. The name means ''estate or farm of Theolf'' which is supposed to have ...

in the canton of

Zürich , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Zürich ...

in Switzerland.

History

Dänikon is first mentioned in 1130 as ''Täninchoven''. Until 1843 it was part of the municipality of

Dällikon Dällikon is a municipality in the district of Dielsdorf in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Dällikon is first mentioned in 870 as ''Tellinghovon''. In 1843 the village of Dänikon left Dällikon to become an independent munici ...

Geography

Buchs - Lägern - Dänikon 2012-05-13 15-56-54 (P7000)

Dänikon has an area of . Of this area, 53.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 31.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 13.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located on the left side of the ''

Furttal Furttal is the name of a valley region in Switzerland between Lägern and Altberg in the Dielsdorf district of the canton of Zurich. The area's name stems from the German word for ford, or ''furt'', and is named after the crossing over the Lim ...

''.

Demographics

Dänikon has a population (as of ) of . , 23.9% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 2.9%. Most of the population () speaks German (87.4%), with Italian being second most common ( 2.6%) and Turkish being third ( 2.2%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 47.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (14.7%), the FDP (9.6%) and the CSP (9.3%). The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 28% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 65.7% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 6.3%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Dänikon about 75.9% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a '' Fachhochschule''). Dänikon has an unemployment rate of 3.08%. , there were 68 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 10 businesses involved in this sector. 235 people are employed in the

secondary sector In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in constructi ...

and there are 26 businesses in this sector. 121 people are employed in the

tertiary sector The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the second ...

, with 35 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 03-Aug-2009 The historical population is given in the following table:

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Danikon Municipalities of the canton of Zürich