Egg 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

Uster Uster (; , ) is a town and the capital of the Uster District in the Swiss canton of Zürich. The importance of the town of Uster has grown considerably with the construction of the S-Bahn network of the Zürich Transport Network. With over 36,0 ...

in the canton of

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History

Egg is first mentioned in 775 as ''Echa''.

Personalities

* Hausi A. Muller (born 1955), Professor, Associate Dean Research, University of Victoria * Peter Wuffli (born 1957), Manager * Brigitte Oertli (born 1962), Skier * Billy Meier (born 1936), Egger Abfallbärtli

Geography

Egg has an area of . Of this area, 58.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 23.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 18.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 12.9% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (5.2%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.3% of the area. 12.8% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. The lowest elevation in the municipality is the Greifensee at . The highest point in the municipality is the Pfannenstiel at . Egg is located in the Pfannenstiel region.Kanton Zürich, Statistisches Amt: Region Pfannenstiel

Districts

There are three villages in Egg: ''Hinteregg'' (population: 1,500), ''Egg'' (population: 4,800) and Esslingen (population: 1,500). There are also smaller settlements (called ''Aussenwacht''): ''Rällikon'', ''Innervollikon'', ''Usservollikon'', ''Niederesslingen'', ''Rohr'', ''Schaubigen'', ''Eichholz'', ''Neuhaus'', and ''Guldenen''.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows two entwined hands in blue, coming out of silver clouds. It was created at the beginning of the 19th century, influenced by the French Revolution. It symbolizes the motto of the Revolution: ''Freedom'', ''Equality'' and ''Brotherhood''.

Demographics

Egg has a population (as of ) of . , 17.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 47.6% male and 52.4% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 11.5%. Most of the population () speaks German (87.5%), with Italian being second most common ( 2.5%) and English being third ( 2.4%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 37.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (16.2%), the FDP (15.9%) and the CSP (10.5%). The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 23.8% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 63.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 12.3%. In Egg about 82% 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 (; 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 ...

''). There are 3068 households in Egg. Egg has an unemployment rate of 1.85%. , there were 207 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 70 businesses involved in this sector. 567 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 63 businesses in this sector. 1404 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 251 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 14-Aug-2009 47.9% of the working population were employed full-time, and 52.1% were employed part-time.
accessed 4 August 2009 there were 2349

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and 3412

Protestants Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes Justification (theology), justification of sinners Sola fide, through faith alone, the teaching that Salvation in Christianity, salvation comes by unmerited Grace in Christianity, divin ...

in Egg. In the 2000 census, religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the , 48.8% were some type of Protestant, with 46% belonging to the

Swiss Reformed Church The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), formerly named Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches until 31 December 2019, is a federation of 25 member churches – 24 cantonal churches and the Evangelical-Methodist Church of Switzerland. The P ...

and 2.8% belonging to other Protestant churches. 29.2% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 0% were Muslim, 4.6% belonged to another religion (not listed), 2.7% did not give a religion, and 14% were atheist or agnostic. The historical population is given in the following table:

Transport

The town centre of

is connected to Egg with a special tramway — the

Forchbahn The Forch railway (, ''FB'', nicknamed ''Förchler'', ''Frieda'', ''Frieda Bünzli'' by locals) is a local mixed tramway / railway line in the Switzerland, Swiss canton of Zürich. It is owned and operated by the Forchbahn AG, and is branded as ...

. Egg is connected by the Autostrasse A52 to Zumikon and Hinwil.

References

External links

* {{Authority control Municipalities of the canton of Zürich