Unterstammheim

Unterstammheim
Former municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Unterstammheim
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Coordinates: 47°38′N 8°47′E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zurich
District	Andelfingen
Area [1]
• Total	7.32 km^2 (2.83 sq mi)
Elevation	433 m (1,421 ft)
Population  (31 December 2018)[2]
• Total	928
• Density	130/km^2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	8476
SFOS number	0042
ISO 3166 code	CH-ZH
Surrounded by	Basadingen-Schlattingen (TG), Diessenhofen (TG), Oberstammheim, Wagenhausen (TG), Waltalingen
Website	www.unterstammheim.ch SFSO statistics

Unterstammheim is a former municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. On 1 January 2019 the former municipalities of Oberstammheim, Unterstammheim and Waltalingen merged into the new municipality of Stammheim.

Geography

Unterstammheim church

Unterstammheim has an area of 7.3 km² (2.8 sq mi). Of this area, 52.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 36.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 10.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).^[3]

Aerial view (1948)

Demographics

Unterstammheim has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 928.^[4] As of 2007^[update], 7.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -0.3%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (96.1%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.8%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.6%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 35.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CSP (16.5%), the FDP (13.5%) and the Green Party (13.3%).

The age distribution of the population (as of 2000^[update]) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 30.4% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 55.7% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 13.8%. In Unterstammheim about 84.3% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).

Unterstammheim has an unemployment rate of 1.54%. As of 2005^[update], there were 116 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 30 businesses involved in this sector. 83 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 11 businesses in this sector. 234 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 37 businesses in this sector.^[3]

Transport

Stammheim railway station, situated in Unterstammheim, is served by Zurich S-Bahn line S29, which links Winterthur and Stein am Rhein.^[5][6]

References

1. "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
2. "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
3. Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 28-Jul-2009
4. "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
5. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
6. "S-Bahn trains, buses and boats" (PDF). ZVV. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-31. Retrieved 2012-02-28.

External links

• Official website (in German)