Höri


Höri is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, and belongs to the Glatt Valley.

History

Höri is first mentioned in 1149 as Hoerein.

Geography

Höri has an area of. Of this area, 59.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 12.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 18% is settled and the remainder is non-productive.
The municipality straddles the Glatt river with the communities of Ober- and Niederhöri on the western side and Endhöri on the east.

Demographics

Höri has a population of. , 30.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 16.4%. 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 57.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS, the CSP and the FDP.
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers make up 25.8% of the population, while adults make up 64.4% and seniors make up 9.8%. In Höri about 62.6% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education.
Höri has an unemployment rate of 3.29%. , there were 46 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 16 businesses involved in this sector. 502 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 51 businesses in this sector. 397 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 80 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table:
yearpopulation
1467c. 55
1634257
1790355
1850574
1900515
1941471
1950569
19702,103
20002,300