Aesch, Zürich

For other places with the same name, see Aesch (disambiguation).

Aesch
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Aesch
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Coordinates:
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zurich
District	Dietikon
Area
• Total	5.24 km2 (2.02 sq mi)
Elevation	540 m (1,770 ft)
Population (Dec 2014)
• Total	1,182
• Density	230/km2 (580/sq mi)
Postal code	8904
SFOS number	0241
Surrounded by	Arni (AG), Birmensdorf, Bonstetten, Islisberg (AG), Oberwil-Lieli (AG), Wettswil am Albis
Website	www.aesch-zh.ch SFSO statistics

Aesch is a municipality in the district of Dietikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Until 2001 it was known as Aesch bei Birmensdorf.

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Historic house

History

Aesch is first mentioned in 1184 as Asche. After the 15th Century it was often mentioned as Esch ennend Albis.

Geography

Aesch has an area of 5.2 km² (2.0 sq mi). Of this area, 57.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 33.3% is forested. The rest of the land, (9%) is settled.

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Tower house

Demographics

Aesch has a population (as of 31 December 2014) of 1,182. As of 2007, 7.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 3.1%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (93.1%), with English being second most common ( 2.0%) and Italian being third ( 1.3%).

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Municipal Administration and Post Office

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 46% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (15.7%), the SPS (11.8%) and the CVP (9.4%).

The age distribution of the population (as of 2000) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 20.9% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 67.8% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 11.3%. In Aesch about 88.2% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).

Aesch has an unemployment rate of 1.47%. As of 2005, there were 58 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 23 businesses involved in this sector. 51 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 5 businesses in this sector. 229 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 42 businesses in this sector. As of 2007 34% of the working population is employed full-time, and 66% is employed part-time.

As of 2008 there were 259 Catholics and 522 Protestants in Aesch. In the 2000 census religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the 2000 census, 57.4% was some type of Protestant, with 56% belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church and 1.4% belonging to other Protestant churches. 27.2% of the population are Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 0% is Muslim, 1.6% belong to another religion, 0.6% did not give a religion, and 13.2% is atheist or agnostic.

The historical population is given in the following table:

year	population
1467	7 Households
1634	234
1850	442
1900	288
1970	472
2000	950

External links

• Aesch Online Official website (German)
• Aesch in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.