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Municipality in Zurich, Switzerland

Freienstein-Teufen
Municipality
Coat of arms of Freienstein-TeufenCoat of arms
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Coordinates: 47°32′N 8°35′E / 47.533°N 8.583°E / 47.533; 8.583
Country Switzerland
Canton Zurich
District Bülach
Government
• Mayor Hans Ulrich Hofmann
Area[1]
• Total 8.32 km2 (3.21 sq mi)
Elevation 420 m (1,380 ft)
Population (31 December 2018)[2]
• Total 2,371
• Density 280/km2 (740/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s) 8427
SFOS number 0057
ISO 3166 code CH-ZH
Surrounded by Berg am Irchel, Buch am Irchel, Buchberg (SH), Dättlikon, Eglisau, Embrach, Rorbas, Rüdlingen (SH)
Website www.freienstein-teufen.ch SFSO statistics

Freienstein-Teufen is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Aerial view (1948)

Freienstein-Teufen is first mentioned in 890 as Tiuffen. In 1254 it was mentioned as Frigenstein.[3]

Freienstein-Teufen has an area of 8.3 km2 (3.2 sq mi). Of this area, 39.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 49.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 9.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[4]

Situated in the lower Tösstal, bordering on the Rhine, it comprises the villages of Freienstein and Teufen. In 1958, the two villages merged into a single municipality.

Freienstein-Teufen has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 2,397.[5] As of 2007[update], 11.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 7.3%. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (90.9%), with Italian being second most common ( 2.2%) and Albanian being third ( 1.6%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 38.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CSP (17.3%), the SPS (14.8%) and the Green Party (10.5%).

The age distribution of the population (as of 2000[update]) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 28.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 63% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 8.8%. In Freienstein-Teufen about 80.8% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).

Freienstein-Teufen has an unemployment rate of 1.61%. As of 2005[update], there were 84 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 27 businesses involved in this sector. 104 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 17 businesses in this sector. 225 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 39 businesses in this sector.[4]

The historical population is given in the following table:[3]

year population
1634 c. 436
1771 679
1836 788
1850 835
1900 1,301
1950 1,120
1970 1,219
2000 2,127
  1. ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ^ https://statistik.zh.ch/internet/justiz_inneres/statistik/de/daten/gemeindeportraet_kanton_zuerich.html?tab=indikatoren&jahr=2017&indikatoren=133&bfs=57.
  3. ^ a b Freienstein-Teufen in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  4. ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office Archived January 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine accessed 29-Jul-2009
  5. ^ "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.

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