Egg, Switzerland

Egg is a municipality in the district of Uster in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

History

Egg is first mentioned in 775 as Echa.

Districts

There are three villages in Egg: Hinteregg (population: 1,500), Egg (population: 4,800) and Esslingen (population: 1,500). There are also smaller settlements (called Aussenwacht): Rällikon, Innervollikon, Usservollikon, Niederesslingen, Rohr, Schaubigen, Eichholz, Neuhaus, and Guldenen.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows two entwined hands in blue. It was created at the beginning of the 19th century, influenced by the French Revolution. It symbolizes the motto of the Revolution: Freedom, Equality and Brotherhood.

Demographics

Egg has a population (as of ) of . , 17.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 47.6% male and 52.4% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 11.5%. Most of the population () speaks German (87.5%), with Italian being second most common (2.5%) and English being third (2.4%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 37.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (16.2%), the FDP (15.9%) and the CSP (10.5%).

The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 23.8% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 63.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 12.3%. In Egg about 82% 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 3068 households in Egg. 47.9% of the working population were employed full-time, and 52.1% were employed part-time.

there were 2349 Catholics and 3412 Protestants in Egg. In the 2000 census, religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the , 48.8% were some type of Protestant, with 46% belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church and 2.8% belonging to other Protestant churches. 29.2% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 0% were Muslim, 4.6% belonged to another religion (not listed), 2.7% did not give a religion, and 14% were atheist or agnostic.

{| class="wikitable"

! year

! population

| 1467

| 38 households

| 1634

| 899

| 1699

| 1,245

| 1850

| 2,523

| 1900

| 2,309

| 1950

| 2,439

Transport

The town centre of Zürich is connected to Egg with a special tramway — the Forchbahn. Egg is connected by the Autostrasse A52 to Zumikon and Hinwil.

Notable people

Hausi A. Muller (born 1955), Professor, Associate Dean Research, University of Victoria
Peter Wuffli (born 1957), Manager
Brigitte Oertli (born 1962), Skier
Billy Meier (born 1936)