Dättlikon is a

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in the district of

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in the canton of

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in Switzerland.

History

Dättlikon is first mentioned in 1241 as ''Tetelinkhoven''.

Geography

Dättlikon has an area of . Of this area, 43% is used for agricultural purposes, while 45.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 9.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 5.6% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (3.8%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 1% of the area. 9.6% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. The municipality is located on the southern terrace of Irchel evelvation, in the lower Töss Valley. It consists of the village of Dättlikon and the settlement Blumetshalden an der Töss.

Demographics

Dättlikon has a population (as of ) of . , 7.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 51.2% male and 48.8% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 19.6%. Most of the population () speaks German (96.8%), with English being second most common ( 0.8%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.6%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 39% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (19.1%), the CSP (13.2%) and the FDP (10.5%). The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 26.1% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 62.4% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 11.5%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Dättlikon about 88.6% 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 200 households in Dättlikon. Dättlikon has an unemployment rate of 1.43%. , there were 27 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 9 businesses involved in this sector. 39 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 13 businesses in this sector. 38 people are employed in the

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, with 11 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 14-Aug-2009 43.8% of the working population were employed full-time, and 56.3% were employed part-time.
accessed 4 August 2009 there were 128

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and 381

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in Dättlikon. In the 2000 census, religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the , 71.6% were some type of Protestant, with 70.1% belonging to the

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and 1.5% belonging to other Protestant churches. 18.5% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 0% were Muslim, 1.7% belonged to another religion (not listed), 0.4% did not give a religion, and 7.8% were atheist or agnostic. The historical population is given in the following table:

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dattlikon Municipalities of the canton of Zürich