Berg am Irchel
Berg am Irchel is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Berg am Irchel is first mentioned around 1100 as Berga. In 1243 it was mentioned as Berge. Geography Berg am Irchel has an area of . Of this area, 48.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 44.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located on a terrace on the northern slope of the Irchel elevation. It includes the village of Berg Gräslikon (which left Buch am Irchel in 1855 to join Berg). In 1619 Oberdorf left the municipality, in 1775 Schloss Schollenberg left and in 1788 Ziegelhütte left as well, all three joining Flaach. Demographics Berg am Irchel has a population (as of ) of . , 3.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 4.3%. Most of the population () speaks German (95.3%), with English being second most common ( 1.0%) and Albanian being third ( 1.0%). In the 2007 election the most popular