{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Confusion|Uitikon|Uerikon}} {{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Uetikon am See | municipality_type = municipality | image_photo = Kirche Uetikon am See.jpg | imagepath_coa = CHE Uetikon COA.svg | imagepath_flag = CHE Uetikon am See Flag.svg | canton = Zurich | iso-code-region = CH-ZH | district = Meilen |coordinates = {{coord|47|16|N|8|41|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 8707 | municipality_code = 0159 | area = 3.49 | elevation = 414|elevation_description= | population = {{Swiss populations NC|CH-ZH|0159}} | populationof = 6,301 | website = https://www.uetikonamsee.ch/ | mayor =Urs Mettler |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title =Gemeindepräsident |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym =Uetiker | neighboring_municipalities= Egg, Männedorf, Meilen, Oetwil am See, Wädenswil | twintowns = ||executive_members_list=Urs Mettler (Gemeindepräsident) Thomas Breitenmoser (1. Vizepräsident) Marianne Röhricht (2. Vizepräsident) Reto Linder (Gemeindeschreiber) Hubert Beerli (Mitglied) Hansruedi Bosshard (Mitglied) Irene Pfenninger (Mitglied) Christian Wiedemann (Mitglied)|executive_number_of_members=8|executive_name=Gemeinderat|parliament_name=Gemeindeversammlung}}
'''Uetikon am See''' is a municipality in the district of Meilen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
==History== thumb|Aerial view (1953) Uetikon am See is first mentioned in 1150 as ''Uotinchova''. Until 1924 it was known as ''Uetikon''.<ref name=HDS/>
==Geography== Uetikon am See has an area of {{convert|3.49|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}. Of this area, 47% is used for agricultural purposes, while 17% is forested. The rest of the land, (36%) is settled.<ref name=SFSO/> {{as of|2023|alt=In 2023}} housing and buildings made up 29% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (7%).<ref name=StatZurich/> {{as of|2007}} 41.3% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.<ref name=StatZurich/>
It is located on the north bank of the Lake Zürich in the Pfannenstiel and Goldküste region. The Goldküste region is a wealthy suburban area.<ref>[http://www.statistik.zh.ch/gpzh/zh/index.php?p=gp Kanton Zürich, Statistisches Amt: Region Pfannenstiel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616164248/http://www.statistik.zh.ch/gpzh/zh/index.php?p=gp |date=2009-06-16 }} {{in lang|de}}</ref> Uetikon is located about halfway between Zürich and Rapperswil. In the local dialect it is called ''Üetike''.
The municipality includes the two sections of Uetikon known as ''Kleindorf'' and ''Grossdorf'' as well as the old settlements of Langenbaum, Oberstmatt, Grüt, Rundirain and Weid. Uetikon is home to a chemical factory of the same name, which is set to be closed. Except for the chemical plant, the harbour and the train station, most of the municipality is located a bit uphill from the lake.
==Demographics== Uetikon am See has a population (as of {{Swiss populations date|CH-ZH}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-ZH|0159}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-ZH}} {{as of|2007}}, 14.9% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. {{as of|2008}} the gender distribution of the population was 48.4% male and 51.6% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 29.8%. Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks German (89.1%), with Italian being second most common (2.7%) and Albanian being third (1.4%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 35.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (19.2%), the SPS (16.6%) and the CSP (10.1%).
The age distribution of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 22.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 61% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 16.9%. In Uetikon am See about 81.5% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''Fachhochschule''). There are 2113 households in Uetikon am See.<ref name=StatZurich/> thumb|Swiss Reformed Church of Uetikon thumb [[File:Uetikon - Risitobel IMG 4849.JPG|thumb|''Risitobel'' valley on southern Pfannenstiel plateau]] Uetikon am See has an unemployment rate of 1.48%. {{as of|2005}}, there were 61 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 17 businesses involved in this sector. 415 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 47 businesses in this sector. 950 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 153 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105172441/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html |date=5 January 2016 }} accessed 10-Aug-2009</ref> {{as of|2007}} 43.3% of the working population were employed full-time, and 56.7% were employed part-time.<ref name=StatZurich>[http://www.statistik.zh.ch/internet/justiz_inneres/statistik/de/daten/gemeindeportraet.html Statistics Zurich] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508211257/http://www.statistik.zh.ch/internet/justiz_inneres/statistik/de/daten/gemeindeportraet.html |date=8 May 2013 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 4 August 2009</ref>
{{as of|2008}} there were 1554 Catholics and 2466 Protestants in Uetikon am See. In the 2000 census, religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the {{as of|2000|alt=census}}, 51.7% were some type of Protestant, with 48.1% belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church and 3.6% belonging to other Protestant churches. 27.1% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 0% were Muslim, 4.4% belonged to another religion (not listed), 2.7% did not give a religion, and 13.6% were atheist or agnostic.<ref name=StatZurich/>
{{historical populations | footnote = <ref name=HDS>{{HDS|114|Uetikon am See}}</ref> | align = none | cols = 2 | percentages = pagr | 1634| 382 | 1850| 1,121 | 1900| 1,365 | 1950| 2,521 | 1990| 4,026 | 2000| 4,935 | 2015| 5,962 }}
== Transportation == Uetikon railway station is a terminal station of the S6 line of the Zürich S-Bahn, and is also serviced by the S7 (every 30 minutes) and SN7 (night) lines.
Bus routes 931 and 932 provide a local service to Uetikon railway station, while bus route 925 and weekend night bus route N92 provide a service to Meilen and Stäfa.
In the summer there are regular boats along the lake to Zurich and Rapperswil, run by the Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG).
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== External links == {{commons category}} *[http://www.uetikon.org Official Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130628233648/http://www.uetikon.org/ |date=28 June 2013 }} (German) *[https://web.archive.org/web/20030809025009/http://www.uetikon.ch/eng/index.htm Chemie Uetikon]
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