Pfungen

Pfungen
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Location of Pfungen
Coordinates: 47°31′N 8°39′E / 47.517°N 8.650°E / 47.517; 8.650Coordinates: 47°31′N 8°39′E / 47.517°N 8.650°E / 47.517; 8.650
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zurich
District	Winterthur
Area
• Total	4.98 km2 (1.92 sq mi)
Elevation	412 m (1,352 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	3,750
• Density	750/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Postal code	8422
SFOS number	0224
Surrounded by	Dättlikon, Embrach, Neftenbach, Oberembrach, Winterthur
Website	www.pfungen.ch SFSO statistics

Pfungen is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Pfungen is first mentioned in 993 as Funginga.

Pfungen has an area of 5 km² (1.9 sq mi). Of this area, 32.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 41.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 24% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In 1996^[update] housing and buildings made up 16.2% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (7.6%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 1.6% of the area. As of 2007^[update] 22.3% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

The municipality is located in the lower Töss Valley, with the village sitting on a spur of the Multberg and additional settlements in the Rums river valley. It consists of the village of Pfungen and settlements in the Rums river valley as well as the industrial development in Bruni.

Pfungen has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 3,750. As of 2007^[update], 22.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. As of 2008^[update] the gender distribution of the population was 50.7% male and 49.3% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 7.1%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (85.1%), with Italian being second most common ( 6.2%) and Turkish being third ( 2.5%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 48.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (14.9%), the CSP (9.8%) and the FDP (8.9%).