Bachenbülach


Bachenbülach is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

History

Bachenbülach is first mentioned in 1149 as Bahchenboulacho. But it was certainly inhabited much earlier. The ruins of a Roman farmstead have been discovered on its outskirts.

Geography

Bachenbülach has an area of. Of this area, 35.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 41.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 20.8% is settled and the remainder is non-productive.
The municipality is located at the foot of the Dettenberg. The town has grown along two main axes, the main road through town and a stream that runs through town.

Demographics

Bachenbülach has a population of. , 23.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 22.8%. Most of the population speaks German , with Italian being second most common and Serbo-Croatian being third.
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 37.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS, the FDP and the CSP.
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers make up 21.2% of the population, while adults make up 69.2% and seniors make up 9.6%. In Bachenbülach about 67.9% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education.
Bachenbülach has an unemployment rate of 2.61%. , there were 20 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 10 businesses involved in this sector. 312 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 37 businesses in this sector. 1125 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 126 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table:
yearpopulation
1665273
1850569
1910535
1960985
19702,307
19902,887