Fehraltorf is a

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in the district of Pfäffikon in the

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History

Fehraltorf is first mentioned between 1265-87 as ''Rueggesaltorf'' and also as ''Altorf de Chiburg''. Around 1670 it was mentioned as ''Rüeggis-Altdorff'' and as ''Feer-Altdorff''.

Geography

Fehraltorf has an area of . Of this area, 55.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 27.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 15.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 10.3% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (5.6%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.7% of the area. 13.6% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. It is located in the upper Kempt valley and includes the village of Fehraltorf and a portion of the

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of Mesikon.

Demographics

Fehraltorf has a population (as of ) of . , 15.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 49.6% male and 50.4% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 15.1%. Most of the population () speaks German (88.6%), with Italian being second most common ( 2.6%) and Albanian being third ( 1.9%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 39.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the

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(15.2%), the FDP (14.2%) and the CSP (10.2%). The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 26.1% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 66.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 7.7%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Fehraltorf about 79.9% 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 1916 households in Fehraltorf. Fehraltorf has an unemployment rate of 2.58%. , there were 153 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 31 businesses involved in this sector. 884 people are employed in the

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and there are 78 businesses in this sector. 1472 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 192 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 11-Aug-2009 71.8% of the working population were employed full-time, and 28.2% were employed part-time.Statistics Zurich
accessed 4 August 2009 there were 1433

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and 2414

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in Fehraltorf. In the 2000 census, religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the , 50.1% were some type of Protestant, with 47.2% belonging to the

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and 2.8% belonging to other Protestant churches. 29.4% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 0% were Muslim, 5.2% belonged to another religion (not listed), 2.8% did not give a religion, and 11.8% were atheist or agnostic. The historical population is given in the following table:

Transportation

Fehraltorf railway station Fehraltorf is a railway station in the Switzerland, Swiss canton of Zurich and Fehraltorf, municipality of Fehraltorf. The station is located on the Effretikon–Hinwil railway line, Effretikon to Hinwil railway line. Service The station is an ...

is a stop of the S-Bahn Zürich on the line S3. The Speck-Fehraltorf Airfield (ICAO Code LSZK) south of town offers a 600m grass runway.

References

External links

* * Municipalities of the canton of Zürich {{Authority control