Kappel am Albis

Kappel am Albis is first mentioned in 1185 as de Capella.

The settlement was founded in 1185 as a Cistercian monastery which today houses a seminar centre, hotel, cafe and a restaurant.{{Cite web |title=Kloster Kappel |url=https://www.klosterkappel.ch/de |access-date=17 June 2020 |website=www.klosterkappel.ch}}

It was the location of the Wars of Kappel in 1529 and 1531, during the turmoils that accompanied the Reformation of Huldrych Zwingli. A monument to Zwingli is located nearby at the hamlet of Näfenhäuser.

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Kappel am Albis has an area of {{convert|7.8|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}. Of this area, 70.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 21% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 7.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

Kappel am Albis has a population (as of {{Swiss populations date|CH-ZH}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-ZH|0006}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-ZH}} {{as of|2007}}, 8.9% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -0.7%. Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks German (96.1%), with English being second most common ( 1.3%) and French being third ( 0.7%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 54.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CSP (12.7%), the SPS (10.9%) and the FDP (7.4%).

The age distribution of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 28.1% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 60.8% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 11.1%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Kappel am Albis about 83.6% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).

Kappel am Albis has an unemployment rate of 1.09%. {{as of|2005}}, there were 75 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 29 businesses involved in this sector. 65 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 18 businesses in this sector. 124 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 25 businesses in this sector.[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105172441/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html |date=2016-01-05 }} accessed 22-Jul-2009

The historical population is given in the following table:{{HDS|6|Kappel am Albis}}

• Josias Simmler (1530 in Kappel am Albis – 1576) a theologian and classicist, author of the first book relating solely to the Alps.{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Simler, Josias |volume= 25 |last= Coolidge |first= William Augustus Brevoort |author-link= William Augustus Brevoort Coolidge | page = 123 |short=1 }}
• Ernst Nievergelt (1910 in Affoltern – 1999 in Kappel am Albis) a cyclist who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics

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• [http://www.kappel-am-albis.ch Official webpage] {{in lang|de}}
• {{HDS|6}}
• [https://data.statistik.zh.ch/infospc/geport/gemeinde.jsp?bfs=6 Statistics]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|de}}
• {{HDS|12143|Kappel monastery}}

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