Flaach


Flaach is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

History

Flaach is first mentioned in 1044 as Flacha, though the only surviving copy of the document dates from 1347.

Geography

Flaach has an area of. Of this area, 51.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 34.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.2% is settled and the remainder is non-productive.
The municipality is partially agrarian. It is located south of the confluence of the Thur river. The municipality expanded several times at the expense of Berg am Irchel. It expanded in 1619 when Oberdorf joined, in 1775 when Schloss Schollenberg joined and in 1788 when Ziegelhütte joined Flaach.
Schloss Flaach is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Demographics

Flaach has a population of. , 11.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 10.5%. Most of the population speaks German , with Serbo-Croatian being second most common and Albanian being third.
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 58.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CSP, the SPS and the FDP.
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers make up 29.8% of the population, while adults make up 56.3% and seniors make up 13.9%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Flaach about 80.2% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education.
Flaach has an unemployment rate of 1.56%. , there were 123 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 37 businesses involved in this sector. 118 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 19 businesses in this sector. 426 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 52 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table:
yearpopulation
146790 Adults
1640577
1727797
18361,002
18501,087
18601,103
1900852
1941716
1950758
1980871
20001,164

Notable residents

The seventh Chief Apostle of the New Apostolic Church, Richard Fehr, was born in Flaach on 15 July 1939.