Zell, Zürich
Zell is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Geography. Zell has an area of . Of this area, 43.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 42.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 12.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (2.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 9.1% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (3.8%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 1.7% of the area. , 12.2% of the total municipal area was  undergoing some type of construction. Zell is situated in the upper Töss Valley. In Zell-Rikon is a Tibetan monastery, the Tibet Institute Rikon. The municipality also includes the hamlet of Kollbrunn. Demographics. Zell has a population (as of ) of . , 17.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 50.3% male and 49.7% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 14.5%. Most of the population () speaks German (87.6%), with Italian being second most common ( 2.8%) and Albanian being third ( 1.8%). In the 2007 election the  most popular party was the SVP which received 40.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (17%), the CSP (14.1%) and the Green Party (8.3%). The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 23.4% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.2% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 17.3%. In Zell about 70% 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 1874 households in Zell . Zell has an unemployment rate of 3.02%. , there were 134 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 35 businesses involved in this sector. 397 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 47 businesses in this sector. 680 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 141 businesses in this sector. 52.3% of the working population were employed full-time, and 47.7% were employed part-time. Transportation. Zell lies on the Tösstalbahn railway that links Winterthur and Rüti ZH, and the stations of Rämismühle-Zell, Rikon and Kollbrunn are all within the municipality. All three stations  are served by lines S11 and S26 of the Zürich S-Bahn.