# Flaach

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**Flaach** is a [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Switzerland) in the district of [Andelfingen](/source/Andelfingen_(district)) in the [canton](/source/Cantons_of_Switzerland) of [Zürich](/source/Zurich_(canton)) in [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland).

## History

Flaach is first mentioned in 1044 as *Flacha*, though the only surviving copy of the document dates from 1347.[1]

## Geography

Flaach has an area of 10.2 km2 (3.9 sq mi). Of this area, 51.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 34.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (6.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[2]

The municipality is partially agrarian. It is located south of the [confluence](/source/Confluence) of the [Thur](/source/Thur_(Rhine)) river. The municipality expanded several times at the expense of [Berg am Irchel](/source/Berg_am_Irchel). It expanded in 1619 when Oberdorf joined, in 1775 when Schloss Schollenberg joined and in 1788 when Ziegelhütte joined Flaach.

[Schloss Flaach](/source/Schloss_Flaach) is a Swiss [heritage site of national significance](/source/Swiss_inventory_of_cultural_property_of_national_and_regional_significance).[3]

## Demographics

Flaach has a population (as of ) of . As of 2007, 11.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 10.5%. Most of the population (As of 2000) speaks German (91.6%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 2.4%) and Albanian being third ( 2.2%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the [SVP](/source/Swiss_People's_Party) which received 58.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the [CSP](/source/Christian_Social_Party_(Switzerland)) (12.3%), the [SPS](/source/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Switzerland) (9.2%) and the [FDP](/source/Free_Democratic_Party_of_Switzerland) (6.5%).

The age distribution of the population (As of 2000) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 29.8% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 56.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 13.9%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Flaach about 80.2% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory [upper secondary education](/source/Education_in_Switzerland#Secondary) or additional higher education (either university or a *[Fachhochschule](/source/Fachhochschule)*).

Flaach has an unemployment rate of 1.56%. As of 2005, there were 123 people employed in the [primary economic sector](/source/Primary_sector_of_the_economy) and about 37 businesses involved in this sector. 118 people are employed in the [secondary sector](/source/Secondary_sector_of_the_economy) and there are 19 businesses in this sector. 426 people are employed in the [tertiary sector](/source/Tertiary_sector_of_the_economy), with 52 businesses in this sector.[2] The historical population is given in the following table:[1]

year population 1467 90 Adults 1640 577 1727 797 1836 1,002 1850 1,087 1860 1,103 1900 852 1941 716 1950 758 1980 871 2000 1,164

## Notable residents

The seventh [Chief Apostle](/source/Chief_Apostle) of the [New Apostolic Church](/source/New_Apostolic_Church), [Richard Fehr](/source/Richard_Fehr), was born in Flaach on 15 July 1939.

## References

1. [Swiss Federal Statistical Office](http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160105172441/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html) January 5, 2016 at the Wayback Machine accessed 27-Jul-2009

1. ["Kantonsliste A-Objekte"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100628110559/http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar/a-objekte.html) (in German). *KGS Inventar*. Federal Office of Civil Protection. 2009. Archived from [the original](http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar/a-objekte.html) on 28 June 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2011.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.flaach.ch) (in German)
- [Männerchor Flaach](http://www.maennerchorflaach.ch/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120314155200/http://www.maennerchorflaach.ch/) 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine

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