Berg am Irchel


Berg am Irchel is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

History

Berg am Irchel is first mentioned around 1100 as Berga. In 1243 it was mentioned as Berge.

Geography

Berg am Irchel has an area of. Of this area, 48.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 44.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.7% is settled and the remainder is non-productive.
The municipality is located on a terrace on the northern slope of the Irchel elevation. It includes the village of Berg Gräslikon. In 1619 Oberdorf left the municipality, in 1775 Schloss Schollenberg left and in 1788 Ziegelhütte left as well, all three joining Flaach.

Demographics

Berg am Irchel has a population of. , 3.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 4.3%. Most of the population speaks German , with English being second most common and Albanian being third.
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 52.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CSP, the Green Party and the SPS.
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers make up 28.3% of the population, while adults make up 61.1% and seniors make up 10.6%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Berg am Irchel about 79.2% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education.
Berg am Irchel has an unemployment rate of 0.3%. , there were 57 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 28 businesses involved in this sector. 28 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 12 businesses in this sector. 43 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 13 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table:
yearpopulation
146710 Households
31 Adults
1634397
1698527
1860614
1900464
1950405
1980376
2000573