Dachsen


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

History

Dachsen is first mentioned in 876 as Tahsheim.

Geography

Dachsen has an area of. Of this area, 52.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 13% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 25.3% is settled and the remainder is non-productive.
The municipality is a linear village on a terrace near the Rhine knee near Laufen-Uhwiesen. Currently it is part of the agglomeration of Schaffhausen, even though it is in the canton of Zürich.

Demographics

Dachsen has a population of., 11.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 34%. Most of the population speaks German, with Italian being second most common and French being third.
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 35.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS, the Green Party and the FDP.
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers make up 26.5% of the population, while adults make up 60% and seniors make up 13.5%. In Dachsen about 83.9% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education.
Dachsen has an unemployment rate of 1.4%., there were 30 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 190 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 17 businesses in this sector. 128 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 38 businesses in this sector.

Historical population

The historical population is given in the following graph:
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Transportation

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