Niederhasli


Niederhasli is a municipality in the district of Dielsdorf in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

History

Niederhasli is first mentioned in 931 as Hasila.

Geography

Niederhasli has an area of. Of this area, 58.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 21.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 18.7% is settled and the remainder is non-productive.
The municipality is located in the lower Glatttal near the entrance to the Wehntal. It includes the villages of Niederhasli, Oberhasli, Mettmenhasli and Nassenwil. Before 1840 it also included the village of Niederglatt, which became an independent municipality at that time.

Demographics

Niederhasli has a population of. , 22.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 18.9%. 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 43.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS, the CVP and the FDP.
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers make up 25.9% of the population, while adults make up 66.9% and seniors make up 7.2%. In Niederhasli about 75.8% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education.
Niederhasli has an unemployment rate of 2.82%. , there were 85 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 36 businesses involved in this sector. 573 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 59 businesses in this sector. 1016 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 186 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table:
yearpopulation
1634502
18501,046
1900876
19501,072
19805,057
20007,589

Transport

is a stop of the Zürich S-Bahn on the line S15. It is a 20 minute ride from Zürich Hauptbahnhof.