Oetwil an der Limmat is a
municipality
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in the district of
Dietikon
Dietikon is the fifth biggest city of the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, after Zürich, Winterthur, Uster and Dübendorf. It is the capital of the same-named district of Dietikon and part of the Zürich metropolitan area.
Geography
The i ...
in the
canton of
Zürich
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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 ...
, located in the
Limmat Valley
The Limmat Valley (German: ''Limmattal'') is a river valley and a region in the cantons of Zürich and Aargau in Switzerland.
Geography
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(German: ''Limmattal'').
History
Oetwil an der Limmat is first mentioned around 850 as ''Otenwilare''.
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Geography
Oetwil an der Limmat has an area of . Of this area, 36.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 39% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 20.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[ housing and buildings made up 15.9% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (4.3%).][ Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 3.3% of the area. 19% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.][
The municipality is located on the right side of the Limmattal on the border with the ]Canton of Aargau
Aargau, more formally the Canton of Aargau (german: Kanton Aargau; rm, Chantun Argovia; french: Canton d'Argovie; it, Canton Argovia), is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eleven districts and its capita ...
.
Demographics
Oetwil an der Limmat has a population (as of ) of . , 12.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 50.8% male and 49.2% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 5.7%. Most of the population () speaks German (91.5%), with French being second most common (1.9%) and Italian being third (1.4%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 46.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (19.7%), the SPS
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(11.4%) and the CVP (9.1%).
The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 18.3% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 70.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 10.8%. In Oetwil an der Limmat about 84.6% 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 ...
''). There are 1000 households in Oetwil an der Limmat.[
Oetwil an der Limmat has an unemployment rate of 2.39%. , there were 12 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 6 businesses involved in this sector. 81 people are employed in the ]secondary sector
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and there are 22 businesses in this sector. 170 people are employed in the tertiary sector
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, with 57 businesses in this sector.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office]
accessed 05-Aug-2009 42.2% of the working population were employed full-time, and 57.8% were employed part-time.
accessed 4 August 2009
there were 1198 Catholics
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and 1590 Protestants
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in Oetwil an der Limmat. In the , religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the 2000 census, 43.2% were some type of Protestant, with 40.4% belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church
The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...
and 2.8% belonging to other Protestant churches. 27.7% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 0% were Muslim, 12.4% belonged to another religion (not listed), 4.5% did not give a religion, and 11.2% were atheist or agnostic.[
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References
External links
Official website
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Municipalities of the canton of Zürich
Limmat