Lindau 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
Pfäffikon 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
Lindau is first mentioned in 774 as ''Lintauvia''.
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Geography
Lindau has an area of . Of this area, 47.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 34% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 18.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[ housing and buildings made up 9% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (9.1%).][ Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.2% of the area. 13.7% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.][
The municipality if located in the western portion of the lower Kempt valley. It includes the villages of Lindau, Tagelswangen, Winterberg and Grafstal.
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Demographics
Lindau has a population (as of ) of . , 18.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 51% male and 49% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 33%. Most of the population () speaks German (85.6%), with Italian being second most common ( 3.7%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 3.0%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 40% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (14.5%), the FDP (11.7%) and the CSP (11.1%).
The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 26.7% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 63.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 9.4%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Lindau about 76.7% 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 1545 households in Lindau.[
Lindau has an unemployment rate of 2.39%. , there were 101 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 29 businesses involved in this sector. 791 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 51 businesses in this sector. 1044 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 136 businesses in this sector.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office]
accessed 11-Aug-2009 47.1% of the working population were employed full-time, and 52.9% were employed part-time.
accessed 4 August 2009[
The historical population is given in the following table:]
Transport
The municipality of Lindau is served by Kemptthal railway station
Kemptthal railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Zurich and municipality of Lindau. The station is located on the Zurich to Winterthur main line. The station's name refers to the Kempt Valley (of River Kempt).
Services
Th ...
, which is on the Zurich to Winterthur main line and is served by Zurich S-Bahn service S7.
References
External links
Official website
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{{Authority control
Municipalities of the canton of Zürich