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== Economy ==
== Economy ==
[[Compaq]] at one point operated its Switzerland offices in Bassersdorf.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/19961225072801/www.compaq.com/corporate/overview/world_offices.html Compaq Offices Worldwide<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
[[Compaq]] at one point operated its Switzerland offices in Bassersdorf.<ref>{{Wayback |date=19961225072801 |url=www.compaq.com/corporate/overview/world_offices.html |title=Compaq Offices Worldwide<!-- Bot generated title --> }}</ref>


Bassersdorf has an unemployment rate of 3.46%. {{as of|2005}}, there were 53 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 17 businesses involved in this sector. 617 people are employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] and there are 67 businesses in this sector. 2380 people are employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 267 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO/>
Bassersdorf has an unemployment rate of 3.46%. {{as of|2005}}, there were 53 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 17 businesses involved in this sector. 617 people are employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] and there are 67 businesses in this sector. 2380 people are employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 267 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO/>
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[[Category:Municipalities of the canton of Zürich]]
[[Category:Municipalities of the canton of Zürich]]

Revision as of 17:15, 14 August 2016

Bassersdorf
Municipality
Coat of arms of Bassersdorf
Coat of arms
Location of Bassersdorf
Map
CountrySwitzerland
CantonZürich
DistrictBülach
Area
[1]
 • Total
9.03 km2 (3.49 sq mi)
Elevation
460 m (1,510 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[2]
 • Total
11,685
 • Density1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
8303
SFOS number0052
ISO 3166 codeCH-ZH
Surrounded byDietlikon, Kloten, Lindau, Nürensdorf, Wangen-Brüttisellen
Twin townsAigle (Switzerland)
Websitewww.bassersdorf.ch
SFSO statistics

Bassersdorf is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Zürich, located in the district of Bülach, and belongs to the Glatt Valley (German: Glattal).

History

The name, mentioned in 1155 as Bazzelstorf and maybe yet in the early 11th century as Basselstorff,[3] is a compound consisting of dorf, a widespread constituent in alemannic placenames meaning ‚hamlet, farm, village, estate‘, and the genitive form of an anthroponym, probably OHG *Bazzilo (or its feminine Bacila, documented in the Abbey of St. Gall).[4] The Alemannic settlement dates to the 8th or 9th century. Due to its position halfway between the towns of Zürich and Winterthur, the village gained some importance as a relay during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Under the Helvetic Republic (1798–1803), it was the district capital.

In 2001, Crossair Flight 3597 crashed into the ground at Bassersdorf while on approach to land at Zürich Airport. Twenty-four of the thirty-three people on board were killed.[5] The investigation concluded that the accident was a controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) caused by a series of pilot errors and navigation mistakes that led the plane off-course. This course deviation caused the plane to crash into a hilltop, 4.05 km (2.52 mi) short of and 150 m (490 ft) north of its assigned landing strip, runway 28.[6]

Geography

Bassersdorf has an area of 9 square kilometers (3.5 sq mi). Of this area, 42.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 30.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 26.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[7]

The municipality is located on the edge of the mid-Glatt Valley. Since 1931, the village of Baltenswil has been part of the municipality.

Demographics

Bassersdorf has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 11,924.[8] As of 2007, 21.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 50.5%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (85.8%), with Italian being second most common ( 3.8%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 1.7%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 37.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (19.6%), the FDP (12.4%) and the CSP (10.3%).

The age distribution of the population (as of 2000) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 23.4% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 65.2% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 11.4%. In Bassersdorf about 75.5% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).[7] The historical population is given in the following table:[3]

year population
1420 39 Households
1634 310
1710 718
1836 825
1850 959
1900 1,092
1950 2,143
1970 5,590
2000 7,515

Economy

Compaq at one point operated its Switzerland offices in Bassersdorf.[9]

Bassersdorf has an unemployment rate of 3.46%. As of 2005, there were 53 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 17 businesses involved in this sector. 617 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 67 businesses in this sector. 2380 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 267 businesses in this sector.[7]

Transportation

Bassersdorf railway station is a stop of the S-Bahn Zürich on the lines S24 and S7.

Twin towns – Sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Switzerland

Bassersdorf is twinned with:

  • St. Johannis Church
    St. Johannis Church
  • Former train-station (relocated in 1980)
    Former train-station (relocated in 1980)
  • Sawmill in the Wisental
    Sawmill in the Wisental

Sources

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b Bassersdorf in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  4. ^ Andres Kristol, Bassersdorf ZH (Bülach) in: Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses – Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen – Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS|LSG), Centre de dialectologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld/Stuttgart/Wien 2005, ISBN 3-7193-1308-5 and Éditions Payot, Lausanne 2005, ISBN 2-601-03336-3, p. 126.
  5. ^ Final Report No. 1793 by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau concerning the accident to the aircraft AVRO 146-RJ100, HB-IXM, operated by Crossair under flight number CRX 3597, on 24 November 2001 near Bassersdorf/ZH pg. 12
  6. ^ Final Report No. 1793 by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau concerning the accident to the aircraft AVRO 146-RJ100, HB-IXM, operated by Crossair under flight number CRX 3597, on 24 November 2001 near Bassersdorf/ZH pg. 11
  7. ^ a b c Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 29-Jul-2009
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ Archived 1996-12-25 at the Wayback Machine
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