Wangen-Brüttisellen is a

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in the district of

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in the canton of

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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

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(German: ''Glattal'').

History

Brüttisellen is first mentioned in 1148 as ''Britisseldon''. In 1242 it was mentioned as ''Wangen apud Glatto''. Wangen-Brüttisellen now incorporates Wangen bei Dübendorf, which was at one time a separate town.

Geography

Wangen-Brüttisellen has an area of . Of this area, 46.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 26.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 26.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 13.3% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (13%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.3% of the area. 21.6% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

Demographics

Wangen-Brüttisellen has a population (as of ) of . , 24.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 50.5% male and 49.5% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 30%. Most of the population () speaks German (81.5%), with Italian being second most common (5.3%) and Albanian being third (2.8%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 44% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the

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(15.3%), the FDP (13.4%) and the CSP (10.2%). The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 25.8% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 66.2% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 8%. In Wangen-Brüttisellen about 74.4% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''

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''). There are 2498 households in Wangen-Brüttisellen. Wangen-Brüttisellen has an unemployment rate of 2.88%. , there were 84 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 24 businesses involved in this sector. 1,061 people are employed in the

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and there are 86 businesses in this sector. 2,184 people are employed in the

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, with 242 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 14-Aug-2009 69.2% of the working population were employed full-time, and 30.8% were employed part-time.
accessed 4 August 2009 there were 2,173

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and 2,397

Protestants Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to b ...

in Wangen-Brüttisellen. In the 2000 census, religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the , 40.2% were some type of Protestant, with 37.8% belonging to the

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and 2.4% belonging to other Protestant churches. 32.7% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 10.6% belonged to another religion (not listed), 3.5% did not give a religion, and 12.2% were atheist or agnostic.

Timeline

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Economy

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maintains an air traffic control center at Wangen bei Dübendorf.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wangen-Bruttisellen Municipalities of the canton of Zürich