Dällikon is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the district of

Dielsdorf Dielsdorf is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality, seat of the district of Dielsdorf District, Dielsdorf in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Dielsdorf is first mentioned in 861 as ''Theolvesthoruf''. The name means ''est ...

in the canton of

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History

Dällikon is first mentioned in 870 as ''Tellinghovon''. In 1843 the village of Dänikon left Dällikon to become an independent municipality.

Geography

Dällikon has an area of . Of this area, 45% is used for agricultural purposes, while 32.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 22.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located in the ''

Furttal Furttal is a valley region in Switzerland between Lägern and Altberg in the Dielsdorf district of the canton of Zurich. The area's name stems from the German word for ford (crossing), ford, or ''furt'', and is named after the crossing over the Lim ...

'' on the northern flank of the

Altberg Altberg is a range of hills in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. It runs between the Limmat Valley in the south and the Furttal valley in the north. Its height is up to above sea level. In 2020, a observation tower An observation tower i ...

Demographics

Dällikon has a population (as of ) of . , 24.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 17.6%. Most of the population () speaks German (83.7%), with Italian being second most common ( 4.0%) and Turkish being third ( 2.7%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 50.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CSP (12.1%), the SPS (12%) and the FDP (9%). The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 22.9% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 70% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 7.1%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Dällikon about 72.9% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory

upper secondary education Secondary education is the education level following primary education and preceding tertiary education. Level 2 or ''lower secondary education'' (less commonly ''junior secondary education'') is considered the second and final phase of basic e ...

or additional higher education (either University or a ''

Fachhochschule A (; plural ), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a Hochschule, German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts, such as engineering, te ...

''). Dällikon has an unemployment rate of 3.12%. , there were 45 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 13 businesses involved in this sector. 1220 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 74 businesses in this sector. 1156 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 ...

, with 135 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 03-Aug-2009 The historical population is given in the following table:

Transportation

Buchs-Dällikon railway station Buchs-Dällikon is a railway station in Switzerland. The station is situated in the municipality of Buchs, Zurich, Buchs, but also serves the adjacent municipality of Dällikon. Both municipalities are situated in the Furttal region in the canto ...

is a stop of the

S-Bahn Zürich The Zurich S-Bahn () system is a network of rail lines that has been incrementally expanded to cover the ZVV area, which comprises the entire canton of Zurich and portions of neighbouring cantons (Canton of Aargau, Aargau, Canton of Gla ...

on the line S6. Additionally, bus lines 491 and 449 run through Dällikon.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dallikon Municipalities of the canton of Zürich