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Country
  
District
  
Dielsdorf

Elevation
  
472 m

Population
  
717 (31 Dec 2010)

Canton
  
Zurich

SFOS number
  
0098

Local time
  
Friday 8:51 AM

Postal code
  
8165

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Website
  
Weather
  
10°C, Wind NE at 11 km/h, 85% Humidity

Schleinikon is a municipality in the district of Dielsdorf in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

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Map of 8165 Schleinikon, Switzerland

Geography

Situated in the Wehntal, Schleinikon has an area of 5.7 km2 (2.2 sq mi). Of this area, 49.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 43.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

Demographics

Schleinikon has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 720. As of 2007, 5.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 9.4%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (95.8%), with English being second most common ( 0.6%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 0.6%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 39.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (18.3%), the CSP (12.9%) and the Green Party (11.4%).

The age distribution of the population (as of 2000) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 27% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 63% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 10%. In Schleinikon about 84% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).

Schleinikon has an unemployment rate of 0.92%. As of 2005, there were 45 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 18 businesses involved in this sector. 24 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 6 businesses in this sector. 34 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 13 businesses in this sector.

References

Schleinikon Wikipedia


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