Gossau | |
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Location of Gossau  | |
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| Coordinates:47°19′N8°45′E / 47.317°N 8.750°E /47.317; 8.750 | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Zurich |
| District | Hinwil |
| Area | |
• Total | 18.26 km2 (7.05 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 455 m (1,493 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
• Total | 10,220 |
| • Density | 560/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 8625 |
| SFOS number | 0115 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-ZH |
| Surrounded by | Bubikon,Egg,Grüningen,Hinwil,Mönchaltorf,Uster,Wetzikon |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Gossau is amunicipality in the district ofHinwil in thecanton ofZürich inSwitzerland. Besides the village of Gossau itself, the municipality includes the settlements ofBertschikon,Grüt,Herschmettlen andOttikon.
Gossau is first mentioned in 859 asCozzesouwo.[3]
Gossau has an area of 18.3 km2 (7.1 sq mi). Of this area, 67% is used for agricultural purposes, while 14.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 17.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.8%) is non-productive (streams and non-productive vegetation).[4] In 1996[update] housing and buildings made up 12% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (5.9%).[5] Of the total unproductive area, water (i.e. streams) made up 0.4% of the area. As of 2007[update] 11.7% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.[5]
The municipality is made up of five sections; Gossau (with the church settlement of Berg), Bertschikon, Grüt, Herschmettlen and Ottikon. It stretches through the uppermost section of theGlatt valley. The topography is littered withice agemoraines (known asDrumlins) and basin of the former Gossauer Ried (Gossauermoor).
Mayor is Jörg Kündig (FDP, 2014).
| Member of the municipal council (2014–2018) | |||
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| Name | Beginning | Task | Party |
| Jörg Kündig | 1994 | Mayor | FDP |
| Daniel Baldenweg | 1998 | high-building and planning | EVP |
| Salvatore Giorgiano | 2014 | security | independent |
| Marc Huber | 2002 | underground work | independent |
| Elisabeth Pflugshaupt | 2014 | property, business, culture and sport | SVP |
| Sylvia Veraguth Bamert | 2010 | society | PFP (Political podium of women Gossau) |
| Heinrich Wintsch | 1990 | environment | SVP |
Gossau has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 10,282.[6] As of 2007[update], 10.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. As of 2008[update] the gender distribution of the population was 49.9% male and 50.1% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 12.4%. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (92.4%), with Italian being second most common ( 2.0%) and Portuguese being third ( 1.2%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was theSVP which received 40.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were theCSP (14.8%), theSPS (14.4%) and theFDP (10.3%).
The age distribution of the population (as of 2000[update]) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 26.5% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 62.5% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 11%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Gossau about 82% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatoryupper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or aFachhochschule). There are 3442 households in Gossau.[5]
Gossau has an unemployment rate of 1.38%. As of 2005[update], there were 327 people employed in theprimary economic sector and about 72 businesses involved in this sector. 922 people are employed in thesecondary sector and there are 99 businesses in this sector. 1045 people are employed in thetertiary sector, with 243 businesses in this sector.[4] As of 2007[update] 50% of the working population were employed full-time, and 50% were employed part-time.[5]
As of 2008[update] there were 2458Catholics and 4523Protestants in Gossau. In the 2000 census[update], religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the 2000 census, 56.4% were some type of Protestant, with 51.4% belonging to theSwiss Reformed Church and 4.9% belonging to other Protestant churches. 25.5% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 0% were Muslim, 2.9% belonged to another religion (not listed), 3.2% did not give a religion, and 11.8% were atheist or agnostic.[5]
The historical population is given in the following table:[3]
| year | population |
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| 1634 | 875 |
| 1730 | 1,649 |
| 1850 | 3,089 |
| 1910 | 2,322 |
| 1941 | 2,387 |
| 1970 | 4,759 |
| 1990 | 7,157 |
| 2000 | 8,685 |
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