Feuerthalen

Feuerthalen is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Langwiesen also belongs to the same municipality.HistoryFeuerthalen is first mentioned in 876 as Langewisa. In 1318 it was mentioned as Fuirtal an dem Rine.GeographyFeuerthalen has an area of 2.5km2. Of this area, 16.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 43.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 38.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).It is located on the left bank of the Rhine river and provided the bridgehead on that side of the river for the city of Schaffhausen. It includes the village of Langwiesen.DemographicsFeuerthalen has a population of., 19.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 24%. Most of the population speaks German (91.2%), with Italian being second most common ( 3.0%) and Albanian being third ( 1.3%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 37.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (20.9%), the CVP (10.7%) and the Green Party (10.4%).