Feuerthalen


Feuerthalen is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Langwiesen also belongs to the same municipality.

History

Feuerthalen is first mentioned in 876 as Langewisa. In 1318 it was mentioned as Fuirtal an dem Rine.

Geography

Feuerthalen has an area of. Of this area, 16.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 43.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 38.6% is settled and the remainder is non-productive.
It is located on the left bank of the Rhine and provided the bridgehead on that side of the river for the city of Schaffhausen. It includes the village of Langwiesen which in turn shares an international border with the municipality of Büsingen am Hochrhein which is an exclave of Germany, entirely surrounded by Swiss territory.

Demographics

Feuerthalen has a population of., 19.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 24%. Most of the population speaks German, with Italian being second most common and Albanian being third.
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 37.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS, the CVP and the Green Party.
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers make up 20.9% of the population, while adults make up 60.2% and seniors make up 19%. About 76.2% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education.
Feuerthalen has an unemployment rate of 2.13%., there were 12 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 1 businesses involved in this sector. 370 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 33 businesses in this sector. 625 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 83 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table:
yearpopulation
146756 Adults
1634205
1739300
1836665
1850769
19001,992
19502,739
19602,961
19902,772
20002,973

Notable residents