Bubikon

Bubikon is a municipality in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Of this area, 62.4% is used for agricultural purposes, 13.2% is forested, 19.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (5.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

As of 2007[update] 17.2% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

It includes the villages of Bubikon and Wolfhausen as well as the hamlets of Barenberg, Berlikon, Bürg and Wändhüslen.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (93.6%), with Italian being second most common ( 2.1%) and Albanian being third ( 0.9%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 37.7% of the vote.

[5] The historical population is given in the following table:[3] Bubikon railway station is a stop of the Zürich S-Bahn on the lines S15 and S5.

Bubikon as seen from the east
Ritterhaus Bubikon , a former Knights Hospitaller commandry
Bubikon commandry in 1742, drawing by David Herrliberger
Egelsee lake, Bachtel in the background
Aerial view from 500 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1922)