Hedingen


Hedingen is a municipality in the district of Affoltern in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

History

Hedingen is first mentioned in 1116 as Hedingen.

Geography

Hedingen has an area of. Of this area, 48% is used for agricultural purposes, while 32.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 18.6% is settled and the remainder is non-productive.
The municipality includes the village of Hedingen, the hamlets of Fromoos and Ismatt and scattered houses.

Demographics

Hedingen has a population of. , 13.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 18.2%. 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 34% 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 28.1% of the population, while adults make up 60.9% and seniors make up 11%. In Hedingen about 83% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education.
Hedingen has an unemployment rate of 1.59%. , there were 43 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 16 businesses involved in this sector. 712 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 24 businesses in this sector. 547 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 78 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table:
yearpopulation
146724 households
1634448
1689689
1850992
1888807
1900849
19501,138
19601,840
19902,190
20002,991
20043,107
20073,318
20113,464
20133,585

Transport

is a stop of the Zürich S-Bahn on the lines S5 and S14. Its train station is a 27 minute ride from Zürich Hauptbahnhof.