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Lufingen

Field	Value
subject_name	Lufingen
municipality_type	municipality
image_photo	2011-05-09 09-58-01 Switzerland Kanton Zürich Steinlig.jpg
imagepath_coa	CHE Lufingen COA.svg
imagepath_flag	CHE Lufingen Flag.svg
canton	Zurich
iso-code-region	CH-ZH
district	Bülach
coordinates
postal_code	8426
municipality_code	0063
area	5.22
elevation	459	elevation_description=
population		populationof =	popofyear =
website	www.lufingen.ch
mayor		mayor_asof=	mayor_party=
mayor_title		list_of_mayors =
neighboring_municipalities	Embrach, Kloten, Oberembrach, Winkel

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Lufingen () is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

History

Lufingen is first mentioned in 1157 as Luvingin.

Geography

Lufingen has an area of 5.2 km2. Of this area, 50.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 37.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 11.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located in the upper Embrachertal. It includes the village of Lufingen and since 1871 the village of Augwil.

Demographics

Lufingen has a population (as of ) of . , 14.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 47.6%. Most of the population () speaks German (88.9%), with Albanian being second most common ( 2.1%) and Italian being third ( 1.8%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 48.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (12.1%), the SPS (10.6%) and the CSP (8.9%).

The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 20.4% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 69.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 10.3%. In Lufingen about 83.8% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).

Lufingen has an unemployment rate of 2.17%. , there were 32 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 14 businesses involved in this sector. 62 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 12 businesses in this sector. 128 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 32 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table:

year	population
1467	c. 15
1634	148
1850	259
1900	332
1950	343
2000	1,172

: Not including Augwil : After 1871 population numbers include Augwil

References

[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] {{webarchive. link. (2016-01-05 accessed 30-Jul-2009)
{{HDS. 51. Lufingen

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