Rorbas 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 ...

Geography

Rorbas has an area of . Of this, 35.7% is used for agricultural purposes, 46.6% is forested and 15% is settled (buildings or roads). The remainder (2.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Rorbas is situated in the lower

Töss Valley The Töss Valley (German: ''Tösstal'') is a valley and a region of the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Geography The valley embraces parts of the Zürcher Oberland including the districts of Hinwil, Pfäffikon and Winterthur, in addition ...

Demographics

Rorbas had a population (as of ) of . in 2007. 18.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years, the population has grown at a rate of 0.8%. Most of the population in 2000 spoke German (87.1%), with Italian the second most common (2.8%) and Portuguese third (1.8%). In the 2007 election, the most popular party was the

Swiss People's Party The Swiss People's Party (german: Schweizerische Volkspartei, SVP; rm, Partida populara Svizra, PPS), also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre (french: Union démocratique du centre, UDC; it, Unione Democratica di Centro, UDC), is a nati ...

(SVP) which received 44.2% of the vote, followed by the

Social Democratic Party of Switzerland The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz; SP; rm, Partida Socialdemocrata da la Svizra) or Swiss Socialist Party (french: Parti socialiste suisse, it, Partito Socialista Svizzero; PS), is a polit ...

(SPS) with 19.4%, the Christian Social Party (CSP) with 13.3% and 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 ...

with 9.8%. The age distribution of the population in 2000 was children and teenagers (0–19 years old) made up 26.8%, while adults (20–64 years old) made up 64.6% and seniors (over 64 years old) made up 8.7%. About 77.6% of the population (between age 25-64) had 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 ...

''). Rorbas had an unemployment rate of 1.77% in 2005. There were 57 people employed in the primary economic sector in 11 businesses. 96 people were 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 construction. ...

in 23 businesses. 360 people were 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 67 businesses.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
Retrieved 30 July 2009

Gallery

Transport

Embrach-Rorbas railway station Embrach-Rorbas railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Zurich Canton may refer to: Administrative division terminology * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Sw ...

is served by Zurich S-Bahn line S41, which links

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 ...

and Waldshut.

References

External links

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