Bäretswil is a municipality in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland .
7-432: Bäretswil is first mentioned in 741 as Berofovilare . In 745 it was mentioned as Perolfeswilari . Bäretswil has an area of 22.2 km (8.6 sq mi). Of this area, 51.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 39.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In 1996 housing and buildings made up 5.4% of
14-419: A population (as of 31 December 2020) of 5,052. As of 2007, 8.9% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. As of 2008 the gender distribution of the population was 49.9% male and 50.1% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 10.2%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (93.9%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.7%) and Albanian being third ( 1.3%). In
21-530: Is generally well educated. In Bäretswil about 80.3% 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 1649 households in Bäretswil. Bäretswil has an unemployment rate of 1.37%. As of 2005, there were 204 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 73 businesses involved in this sector. 312 people are employed in
28-419: The secondary sector and there are 70 businesses in this sector. 549 people are employed in the tertiary sector , with 120 businesses in this sector. As of 2007 47.6% of the working population were employed full-time, and 52.4% were employed part-time. As of 2008 there were 898 Catholics and 2444 Protestants in Bäretswil. In the 2000 census, religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From
35-563: The 2000 census, 60.4% were some type of Protestant, with 56.1% belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church and 4.3% belonging to other Protestant churches. 22.1% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 0% were Muslim, 3.4% belonged to another religion (not listed), 2.9% did not give a religion, and 10.7% were atheist or agnostic. The historical population is given in the following table: The municipality had two railway stations, Bäretswil and Neuthal , on
42-630: The 2007 election, the most popular party was the SVP which received 46.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CSP (16.8%), the SPS (9%) and the FDP (8.3%). The age distribution of the population (as of 2000) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 26.7% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 62.4% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 10.9%. The entire Swiss population
49-662: The total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (2.8%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.2% of the area. As of 2007 4.7% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. The municipality is located in the hills between the Glatt and Töss Valleys . It includes the villages of Bäretswil and Adetswil as well as the hamlets of Bettswil, Wappenswil, Hof-Neuthal, Tanne and Klein Bäretswil and scattered individual homes. The old cotton mill, pictured, now houses museums of spinning and weaving machinery. Bäretswil has
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