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Geroldswil Location in Switzerland Show map of Switzerland Geroldswil Location in Canton of Zurich Show map of Canton of Zurich
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zurich
District	Dietikon
Area
• Total	1.93 km2 (0.75 sq mi)
Elevation	395 m (1,296 ft)
Population  (Dec 2020 )
• Total	5,046
• Density	2,615/km2 (6,772/sq mi)
Postal code	8954
Surrounded by	Dietikon, Oetwil an der Limmat, Weiningen

Geroldswil is a small town, also called a municipality, in Switzerland. It is located in the Limmat Valley in the canton of Zürich. It's part of the Dietikon district.

History of Geroldswil

Geroldswil was first written about in the year 1255. Back then, its name was Geroltzwiler. For a long time, it was a Strassendorf, which means a village built along a road in the Limmat Valley. In the second half of the 1900s, Geroldswil grew a lot. It became a part of the bigger Zürich area.

Geography and Land Use

Geroldswil covers an area of about 1.9 square kilometers (0.73 square miles). A big part of this land is used for different things:

• About 27% of the land is used for farming.
• Around 24.3% is covered by forests.
• A large portion, about 42.9%, is built up with buildings and roads.
• The remaining 5.8% is made up of things like rivers or mountains, which are not used for farming or building.

In 1996, homes and other buildings took up 36.1% of the total area. Roads and other ways to get around made up 7.9%. A small part of the non-used land, 3.1%, was water, like streams and lakes. By 2007, about 43.8% of the town's area was being built on.

People and Population

Geroldswil has a population of 5,046 people (as of 31 December 2020).

• In 2007, about 50.2% of the people were male and 49.8% were female.
• In 2019, about 26.72% of the people living in Geroldswil were from other countries.
• Over the last 10 years, the number of people living here has gone down a little.

Languages Spoken

Most people in Geroldswil speak German. This was true for about 89.8% of the population in 2000. The next most common language was Italian (2.9%), followed by Serbo-Croatian (0.9%).

Age Groups

In 2000, the population was divided into these age groups:

• Children and teenagers (0–19 years old) made up 22.2% of the population.
• Adults (20–64 years old) made up 66.9%.
• Seniors (over 64 years old) made up 10.9%.

Education and Schools

People in Switzerland generally have a good education. In Geroldswil, about 78.6% of adults (between 25 and 64 years old) have finished either high school (upper secondary education) or gone on to higher education, like a university or a special technical school called a Fachhochschule. There are 2011 homes in Geroldswil.

Jobs and Economy

Geroldswil had an unemployment rate of 2.5% in 2018. This means a small number of people who wanted jobs could not find them.

• In 2005, 9 people worked in the primary economic sector. This sector includes jobs like farming. There were 4 businesses in this area.
• 450 people worked in the secondary sector. This includes jobs like manufacturing and building. There were 37 businesses in this sector.
• 1400 people worked in the tertiary sector. This includes service jobs like working in shops, offices, or healthcare. There were 187 businesses in this sector.

In 2007, 75% of working people had full-time jobs, and 25% worked part-time.

Religions in Geroldswil

In 2008, there were 1660 Catholics and 1537 Protestants in Geroldswil. According to the 2000 census:

• 41.9% of people were Protestant. Most of these (40.3%) belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.
• 36.4% of the people were Catholic.
• About 4.8% belonged to other religions.
• 13.5% of people said they did not believe in a religion (atheist or agnostic).

Population Changes Over Time

The table below shows how the population of Geroldswil has changed over many years:

Notable People from Geroldswil

• Daniel Jositsch is a law professor and a politician from the Social Democratic Party (SP).

See also

In Spanish: Geroldswil para niños