Hofstetten is a former

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

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

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. On 1 January 2018 the former municipality of Hofstetten merged into the municipality of

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History

Hofstetten is first mentioned in 914 as ''Pipineshovestetin''. Until 2003 it was known as ''Hofstetten bei Elgg''.

Geography

Hofstetten has an area of . Of this area, 49.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 45.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 4.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 2.1% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (2%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.1% of the area. 1.8% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. The municipality is located between the Schauenberg and the Eulach river valley. It consists of the small villages of Hofstetten, Huggenberg, Geretswil, Wenzikon and Dickbuch.

Demographics

Hofstetten has a population (as of ) of . , 6.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 51.8% male and 48.2% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 0.5%. Most of the population () speaks German (98.6%), with French being second most common ( 0.5%) and Italian being third ( 0.2%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 62% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CSP (13.5%), the

Green Party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence. Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation f ...

(8.2%) and the FDP (6.3%). The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 30.3% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 55.8% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 13.8%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Hofstetten about 81.5% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a '' Fachhochschule''). There are 154 households in Hofstetten. Hofstetten has an unemployment rate of 1.27%. , there were 51 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 24 businesses involved in this sector. 31 people are employed in the

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and there are 8 businesses in this sector. 25 people are employed in the

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, with 9 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 14-Aug-2009 39.6% of the working population were employed full-time, and 60.4% were employed part-time.
accessed 4 August 2009 there were 52 Catholics and 293 Protestants in Hofstetten. In the 2000 census, religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the , 77.6% were some type of Protestant, with 70.6% belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church and 6.9% belonging to other Protestant churches. 11.2% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 0% were Muslim, 0.5% belonged to another religion (not listed), 0.2% did not give a religion, and 10% were atheist or agnostic. The historical population is given in the following table:

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hofstetten, Zurich Former municipalities of the canton of Zürich