Mönchaltorf is a municipality in the district of Uster in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
History Mönchaltorf is first mentioned in 741 as Villa Altorf. In 872 it was mentioned as Altorf monachorum.
Geography
Mönchaltorf has an area of . Of this area, 70.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 11.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 15.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 12.1% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (3.7%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.3% of the area. 12.8% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.
Demographics Mönchaltorf has a population (as of ) of . , 11.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 48.8% male and 51.2% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 3.7%. Most of the population () speaks German (92.3%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.7%) and French being third ( 1.0%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 39.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (20.9%), the CSP (11.9%) and the FDP (11.7%).
The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 23.6% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 66.7% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 9.8%. In Mönchaltorf about 83.9% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). There are 1336 households in Mönchaltorf.
Mönchaltorf has an unemployment rate of 1.87%. , there were 110 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 36 businesses involved in this sector. 367 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 37 businesses in this sector. 602 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 119 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 14-Aug-2009 50% of the working population were employed full-time, and 50% were employed part-time.Statistics Zurich accessed 4 August 2009
there were 733 Catholics and 1582 Protestants in Mönchaltorf. In the 2000 census, religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the , 56.1% were some type of Protestant, with 50.7% belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church and 5.5% belonging to other Protestant churches. 23.9% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 0% were Muslim, 3.2% belonged to another religion (not listed), 2.7% did not give a religion, and 13.4% were atheist or agnostic.
Population growth The following table shows the population development of Mönchaltorf. Population DevelopmentYearInhabitants:1771 6951850 11481860 11891900 8041941 7061950 8371960 10231970 16041980 28631990 34942000 3183
Politics
Mayor is Annemarie Beglinger-Vögeli (FDP). Former mayors were Gustav Stehli (SVP), Felix Hess (SVP) and until 2006 Ruedi Lerch (FDP).http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/zuerich/Eveline-Widmer-I-kume-us-Moenchaltorf/story/21341772 accessed 14 April 2017
Member of the municipal council (2014–2018) Name Beginning Task Party Beglinger-Vögeli Annemarie 2002 Mayor / presidential / plan / developmentFDP Schlumpf Marlis 2016 societySP Fürst Rudolf 2004 securitySVP Galliker Hans-Rudolf 2010 educationFDP Graf Urs 2014 underground workindependent Kaderli Bernhard 2014 finance / economyFDP Larry-Hug Andrea 2014 high building / property / cultureSP
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References
External links
Offizielle Website der Gemeinde Mönchaltorf Statistische Daten des Kantons zur Gemeinde Mönchaltorf
Gemeinde Mönchaltorf im GIS des Kantons Zürich