Aesch is a

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in the district of

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in the

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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 ...

. Until 2001 it was known as Aesch bei Birmensdorf. Aesch ZH Dorfkern

History

Signs of Roman settlement have been found east of the present village. The community was first mentioned in the year 1124. At that time, the landowner in Aesch was

Engelberg Abbey Engelberg Abbey (german: Kloster Engelberg) is a Benedictine monastery in Engelberg, Canton of Obwalden, Switzerland. It was formerly in the Diocese of Constance, but is now in the Diocese of Chur. It is dedicated to Our Lady of the Angels and ...

. With the conquest of Aargau Aesch came under the rule of Zürich, where it remained until the

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. Between 1798 and 1803 it was incorporated into the Bezirk Mettmenstetten. Until the Second World War, Aesch was purely a farming community. From 1942 to 1946 a labor camp with internees and emigrants was located in Aesch, who undertook forest clearance in the Reuetal and Stierenwald. In 1963 construction of the planned communities of Brunn- und Grossacher began, which set in motion the transition to a centralized community. Aesch is first mentioned in 1184 as ''Asche''. After the 15th Century it was often mentioned as ''Esch ennend Albis''.

Geography

Aesch has an area of . Of this area, 57.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 33.3% is forested. The rest of the land, (9%) is settled.

Demographics

Aesch has a population (as of ) of . , 7.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 3.1%. Most of the population () speaks German (93.1%), with English being second most common ( 2.0%) and Italian being third ( 1.3%). Aesch ZH-Komunuma doko kaj poshtoficejo 010

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In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 46% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (15.7%), the

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(11.8%) and the CVP (9.4%). The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 20.9% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 67.8% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 11.3%. In Aesch about 88.2% 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 ...

''). Aesch has an unemployment rate of 1.47%. , there were 58 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 23 businesses involved in this sector. 51 people are employed in the

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and there are 5 businesses in this sector. 229 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 42 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 04-Aug-2009 34% of the working population is employed full-time, and 66% is employed part-time. there were 259

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and 522

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 Aesch. In the religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the 2000 census, 57.4% was some type of Protestant, with 56% 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 1.4% belonging to other Protestant churches. 27.2% of the population are Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 0% is Muslim, 1.6% belong to another religion, 0.6% did not give a religion, and 13.2% is atheist or agnostic.Statistics
accessed 4 August 2009 The historical population is given in the following table:

References

External links

Aesch Online
Official website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aesch, Zurich Municipalities of the canton of Zürich