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Marthalen

Field	Value
subject_name	Marthalen
municipality_type	municipality
image_photo	Marthalen Kirche.JPG
imagepath_coa	CHE Marthalen COA.svg
imagepath_flag	CHE Marthalen Flag.svg
canton	Zurich
iso-code-region	CH-ZH
district	Andelfingen
coordinates
postal_code	8460
municipality_code	0035
area	14.11
elevation	457	elevation_description=
population		populationof =	popofyear =
website	www.marthalen.ch
mayor		mayor_asof=	mayor_party=
mayor_title		list_of_mayors =
neighboring_municipalities	Benken, Buchberg (SH), Flaach, Kleinandelfingen, Lottstetten (DE-BW), Rheinau, Rüdlingen (SH), Trüllikon

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

History

Marthalen is first mentioned in 858 as Martella.

Geography

Several half-timbered houses in Marthalen

Aerial view from 400 m by [[Walter Mittelholzer]] (1923)

Marthalen has an area of 14.2 km2. Of this area, 49.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 39.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 10% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

The municipality is located in the Zürcher Weinland (Zurich's vineyards) between the Thur and Rhine Rivers. The village is known for its half-timbered houses. The municipality also includes the village of Ellikon am Rhein, and the hamlets of Niedermarthalen and Radhof.

Demographics

Marthalen has a population (as of ) of . , 7.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 5.1%. Most of the population () speaks German (95.6%), with French (0.6%) and Italian being third (0.6%) most common languages.

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP, which received 54.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (11.5%), the Green Party (10.3%), and the CSP (9.4%).

The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 25.7% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old), make up 59.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 14.4%. In Marthalen about 81.3% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).

Marthalen has an unemployment rate of 0.87%. , there were 110 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 39 businesses involved in this sector. 231 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 37 businesses in this sector. 453 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 62 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table:

year	population
1464	27 Households
1649	862
1771	1,012
1850	1,401
1900	1,164
1920	1,296
1950	1,215
1980	1,259
2000	1,803

: Ellikon is not included in the number of households.

Transport

Marthalen railway station is a stop of the S-Bahn Zürich on the line S33.

Buildings and structures

Marthalen Landi-Silo

References

[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] {{webarchive. link. (2016-01-05 accessed 28-Jul-2009)
{{HDS. 29. Marthalen

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