Buchs, Zürich


Buchs is a municipality in the district of Dielsdorf in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland.
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History

Buchs is first mentioned in 870 as Pusaha. In 1219, it was mentioned as Buhsa.

Geography

Buchs has an area of. Of this area, 50.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 26.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 21.8% is settled and the remainder is non-productive.
The municipality is located in the Furttal on the southern flank of the Lägern ridge.

Demographics

Buchs has a population of., 19.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 27.3%. 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 46.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS, the FDP and the CSP.
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers make up 26.2% of the population, while adults make up 66.9% and seniors make up 7%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Buchs about 80.9% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education.
Buchs has an unemployment rate of 3.11%., there were 221 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 24 businesses involved in this sector. 302 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 37 businesses in this sector. 1111 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 112 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table:
yearpopulation
146716 Households
1634326
1850649
1900501
1950627
19701,552
19903,516
20004,182

Transportation

Buchs-Dällikon railway station is a stop of the Zürich S-Bahn line S6 on the Wettingen-Effretikon railway line.
Until 1937, Buchs used to have a second railway station, located on the now closed Bülach-Baden railway line. The station building of the former Buchs ZH railway station is still present in the upper part of the village, but the tracks were removed in 1969.