Dinhard

Dinhard is a municipality in the district of Winterthur, which is located in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

History

Dinhard is first mentioned in 1275 as Thynart.

Geography

Dinhard has an area of 7.1 km² (2.7 sq mi). Of this area, 70.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 19.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 10% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).In 1996 housing and buildings made up 6.2% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (3.9%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.4% of the area. As of 2007 6.3% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

The municipality is located in the southern Zürcher Weinland. It consists of the villages of Kirch- and Ausser-Dinhard, Welsikon, Eschlikon and Vorder Grüt.

Demographics

Dinhard has a population (as of 31 December 2014) of 1,482.As of 2007, 6.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. As of 2008 the gender distribution of the population was 51.3% male and 48.7% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 7.6%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (97.3%), with English being second most common ( 0.7%) and Italian being third ( 0.5%).