Illnau-Effretikon is a municipality in the district of Pfäffikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. It includes the villages of Illnau, Effretikon, Ottikon and Bisikon. On 1 January 2016Kyburg and Illnau-Effretikon merged to form the municipality of Illnau-Effretikon.
History
Illnau-Effretikon is first mentioned in 745 as Illenavvia and Erpfratinchova. At first the name of the municipality was Illnau as that town used to be the political and economic center of the municipality. However, when the railway connection was built from Zurich to Winterthur in 1855, only the much smaller Effretikon was in a position to receive a railway station. Subsequently, the economic boom caused by the railway made Effretikon grow disproportionately until it had outgrown Illnau by the beginning of the 20th century. The name of the municipality was finally changed to Illnau-Effretikon in 1973. On 1 January 2016 the former municipality of Kyburg and Illnau-Effretikon merged to form the municipality of Illnau-Effretikon.
Geography
Before the 2016 merger, Illnau-Effretikon had an area of. Of this area, 52.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 29.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 17.2% is settled and the remainder is non-productive. housing and buildings made up 10.8% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest. Of the total unproductive area, water made up 0.4% of the area. 12.5% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. The municipality is located in the mid-Kempt valley. It consists of the villages of Illnau, Effretikon, Ottikon and Bisikon as well as the hamlets of Agasul, Bietenholz, portions of Billikon, First, Horben, Kemleten, Luckhausen, portions of Mesikon and Oberkempttal.
Demographics
Illnau-Effretikon has a population of. , 20.9% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 49% male and 51% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 6.4%. 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 38% of the vote. The next two most popular parties were the SPS and the FDP. The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers make up 20.1% of the population, while adults make up 66.7% and seniors make up 13.2%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Illnau-Effretikon about 75.6% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education. There are 6702 households in Illnau-Effretikon. Illnau-Effretikon has an unemployment rate of 3.24%. , there were 293 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 73 businesses involved in this sector. 1610 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 156 businesses in this sector. 3148 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 488 businesses in this sector. 50% of the working population were employed full-time, and 50% were employed part-time. there were 4085 Catholics and 6167 Protestants in Illnau-Effretikon. In the 2000 census, religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the, 48.4% were some type of Protestant, with 45.1% belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church and 3.3% belonging to other Protestant churches. 28.4% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 5.8% were Muslim, 8.4% belonged to another religion, 2.8% did not give a religion, and 11.2% were atheist or agnostic. The historical population is given in the following table:
