Hombrechtikon is first mentioned in 1200 as Humbrechtigkon. In 1217 it was mentioned as Hunbrechticon.
Geography
Hombrechtikon has an area of. Of this area, 60.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 14.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 18.7% is settled and the remainder is non-productive. housing and buildings made up 13.9% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest. Of the total unproductive area, water made up 1.2% of the area. 15.8% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. The municipality is located between Lake Zurich and the Zürcher Oberland. The land is very hilly, which prevented a large, single village from forming. There at least 97 different hamlets and individual farm houses scattered throughout the municipality. Some of the largest are Lützelsee and Feldbach.
Demographics
Hombrechtikon has a population of. , 16.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 49.2% male and 50.8% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 11.6%. 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 44.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS, the FDP and the CSP. The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers make up 25.5% of the population, while adults make up 60.8% and seniors make up 13.7%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Hombrechtikon about 77.9% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education. There are 2948 households in Hombrechtikon. Hombrechtikon has an unemployment rate of 2.12%. , there were 260 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 87 businesses involved in this sector. 983 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 93 businesses in this sector. 1305 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 224 businesses in this sector. 41.6% of the working population were employed full-time, and 58.4% were employed part-time. there were 2,314 Catholics and 3,419 Protestants in Hombrechtikon. In the 2000 census, religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the, 51.4% were some type of Protestant, with 47.4% belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church and 4% belonging to other Protestant churches. 28.9% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 0% were Muslim, 6% belonged to another religion, 2.9% did not give a religion, and 10.6% were atheist or agnostic. The historical population is given in the following table:
year
population
1634
617
1772
1,501
1850
2,649
1900
2,292
1950
3,079
1980
6,001
2000
7,246
Geography
The village Feldbach and the train station are located on Lake Zürich. Hombrechtion is perched above the lake besides Pfannenstiel. On a plateau, the protected moorlands Uetziker Ried and Lützelsee are located, as well Seeweidsee is situated in the municipality.
