# Truttikon

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**Truttikon** 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).

## Geography

Truttikon has an area of 4.4 km2 (1.7 sq mi). Of this area, 64.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 28.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[1]

## Demographics

Truttikon has a population (as of ) of . As of 2007, 3.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 13.2%. Most of the population (As of 2000) speaks German (95.9%), with English being second most common ( 1.4%) and Italian being third ( 0.5%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the [SVP](/source/Swiss_People's_Party) which received 41.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the local small left-wing parties (15.7%), the [SPS](/source/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Switzerland) (15.5%) and the [FDP](/source/Free_Democratic_Party_of_Switzerland) (8.8%).

The age distribution of the population (As of 2000) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 29.7% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 58.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 11.5%. In Truttikon about 86.3% 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)*).

Truttikon has an unemployment rate of 0.77%. As of 2005, there were 71 people employed in the [primary economic sector](/source/Primary_sector_of_the_economy) and about 22 businesses involved in this sector. 16 people are employed in the [secondary sector](/source/Secondary_sector_of_the_economy) and there are 5 businesses in this sector. 22 people are employed in the [tertiary sector](/source/Tertiary_sector_of_the_economy), with 8 businesses in this sector.[1]

## References

1. [Swiss Federal Statistical Office](http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html) accessed 28-Jul-2009

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.truttikon.ch) (in German)

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