Schlatt bei Winterthur

Schlatt bei Winterthur
Municipality
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Location of Schlatt bei Winterthur
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Coordinates: 47°28′N 8°50′E / 47.467°N 8.833°E / 47.467; 8.833
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zurich
District	Winterthur
Area [1]
• Total	9.03 km2 (3.49 sq mi)
Elevation	656 m (2,152 ft)
Population  (31 December 2018)[2]
• Total	769
• Density	85/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	8418
SFOS number	0226
ISO 3166 code	CH-ZH
Surrounded by	Elsau, Hofstetten bei Elgg, Turbenthal, Winterthur, Zell
Website	www.schlatt-zh.ch SFSO statistics

Schlatt bei Winterthur is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Schlatt has an area of 9.1 km² (3.5 sq mi). Of this area, 47.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 45.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).^[3] In 1996^[update] housing and buildings made up 2.8% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (2.9%).^[4] Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.6% of the area. As of 2007^[update], 3% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.^[4]

Schlatt has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 779.^[5] As of 2007^[update], 5.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. As of 2008^[update] the gender distribution of the population was 51.4% male and 48.6% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 12.6%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (96.4%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.0%) and Dutch being third ( 1.0%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 49.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CSP (12.5%), the SPS (11.4%) and the Green Party (11%).

The age distribution of the population (as of 2000^[update]) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 27.4% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.8% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 12.8%. In Schlatt about 85.3% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). There are 224 households in Schlatt.^[4]

Schlatt has an unemployment rate of 1.34%. As of 2005^[update], there were 69 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 28 businesses involved in this sector. 36 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 8 businesses in this sector. 48 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 13 businesses in this sector.^[3] As of 2007^[update] 46% of the working population were employed full-time, and 54% were employed part-time.^[4]

As of 2008^[update] there were 94 Catholics and 440 Protestants in Schlatt. In the 2000 census, religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the census^[update], 74.9% were some type of Protestant, with 66.6% belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church and 8.4% belonging to other Protestant churches. 12.3% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 0% were Muslim, 0.8% belonged to another religion (not listed), 1.1% did not give a religion, and 10.2% were atheist or agnostic.^[4]

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