Glattfelden 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 ...

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 ...

, and belongs to the

Glatt Valley The Glatt Valley (German: ''Glattal'' or ''Glatttal'') is a region and a river valley in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Geography The Glatt is a tributary to the Rhine in the Zürcher Unterland area of the canton of Zurich. It is long ...

(German: ''Glattal'').

History

Glattfelden is first mentioned in 1130 as ''Glatevelden''.

Geography

Glattfelden has an area of . Of this area, 47.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 32.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 17.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality includes the village of Glattfelden, located at the end of the Glatt valley, the communities of Zweidlen, Schachen and Rheinsfelden and the

exclave An enclave is a territory (or a small territory apart of a larger one) that is entirely surrounded by the territory of one other state or entity. Enclaves may also exist within territorial waters. ''Enclave'' is sometimes used improperly to deno ...

of Neuhaus.

Demographics

Glattfelden has a population (as of ) of . , 18.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 18.1%. Most of the population () speaks German (86.5%), with Italian being second most common ( 3.7%) and Albanian being third ( 2.7%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 47.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the

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(15.2%), the CSP (12.6%) and the

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(8.1%). 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 62.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 11%. In Glattfelden about 70.5% 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 ...

''). Glattfelden has an unemployment rate of 2.72%. , there were 69 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 27 businesses involved in this sector. 211 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 49 businesses in this sector. 395 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 95 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 29-Jul-2009 The historical population is given in the following table:

Transportation

Glattfelden is served by two railway stations: *

Glattfelden railway station Glattfelden railway station (german: Bahnhof Glattfelden) is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Zurich. The station is actually situated in the municipality of Bülach but takes its name from the immediately adjacent municipality of Glattf ...

is a stop of the Zurich S-Bahn, a 29 minute ride from

Zürich Hauptbahnhof Zürich Hauptbahnhof (often shortened to Zürich HB, or just HB; ''Zürich Main Station'' or ''Zürich Central Station'') is the largest railway station in Switzerland. Zürich is a major railway hub, with services to and from across Switzerland a ...

(on line S9). The station lies about east from the village, and has been built on territory belonging to the neighbor city of

. *

Zweidlen railway station Zweidlen railway station (german: Bahnhof Zweidlen) is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Zürich and municipality of Glattfelden. It is located on the Winterthur to Koblenz line, and is served by Zürich S-Bahn line S36. The station ...

, on the other hand, is located on the territory of the municipality, but is some to the west of the village. It is served by Zurich S-Bahn line S41, which connects

Winterthur , neighboring_municipalities = Brütten, Dinhard, Elsau, Hettlingen, Illnau-Effretikon, Kyburg, Lindau, Neftenbach, Oberembrach, Pfungen, Rickenbach, Schlatt, Seuzach, Wiesendangen, Zell , twintowns = Hall in Tirol (Austria), La ...

with

Koblenz Koblenz (; Moselle Franconian language, Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz''), spelled Coblenz before 1926, is a German city on the banks of the Rhine and the Moselle, a multi-nation tributary. Koblenz was established as a Roman Empire, Roman mili ...

and does not directly serve Zurich.

Famous residents

Gottfried Keller Gottfried Keller (19 July 1819 – 15 July 1890) was a Swiss poet and writer of German literature. Best known for his novel '' Green Henry'' (German: ''Der grüne Heinrich'') and his cycle of novellas called ''The People from Seldwyla'' (''Die Leu ...

(1819–1890), Swiss author

References

External links

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