Freienstein-Teufen 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
Bülach
, neighboring_municipalities= Bachenbülach, Eglisau, Embrach, Glattfelden, Hochfelden, Höri, Rorbas, Winkel
, twintowns = Santeramo in Colle (Italy)
Bülach () is an historic town and a municipality in Switzerland in the canton ...
in the
canton of
Zürich
Zürich () is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is located in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich. As of January 2020, the municipality has 43 ...
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
Freienstein-Teufen is first mentioned in 890 as ''Tiuffen''. In 1254 it was mentioned as ''Frigenstein''.
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Geography
Freienstein-Teufen has an area of . Of this area, 39.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 49.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 9.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[
Situated in the lower Tösstal, bordering on the ]Rhine
), Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland
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, it comprises the villages of Freienstein and Teufen. In 1958, the two villages merged into a single municipality.
Demographics
Freienstein-Teufen 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 7.3%. Most of the population () speaks German (90.9%), with Italian being second most common ( 2.2%) and Albanian being third ( 1.6%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 38.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CSP (17.3%), the SPS
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Law and government
* Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures of the WTO
* NATO Science for Peace and Security
* Single Payment Scheme, an EU agricultural subsidy
* The Standard Procurement System, fo ...
(14.8%) and the Green Party
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Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation ...
(10.5%).
The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 28.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 63% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 8.8%. In Freienstein-Teufen about 80.8% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''Fachhochschule
A ''Fachhochschule'' (; plural ''Fachhochschulen''), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts ...
'').
Freienstein-Teufen has an unemployment rate of 1.61%. , there were 84 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 27 businesses involved in this sector. 104 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 17 businesses in this sector. 225 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 39 businesses in this sector.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office]
accessed 29-Jul-2009
The historical population is given in the following table:
Gallery
File:TeufenInteriorViewOfTheOldCastle.jpg, Interior view of the Castle
File:TeufenOldAndNewCastles.jpg, The Castles
File:TeufenEntranceToTheOldCastle.jpg, Entrance to the Castle's farm
File:TeufenDetailOfTheCastle.jpg, Detail in the Castle's farm
References
External links
Official website
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{{Authority control
Municipalities of the canton of Zürich