Bauma

Bauma
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Location of Bauma
Coordinates: 47°22′N 8°52′E / 47.367°N 8.867°E / 47.367; 8.867Coordinates: 47°22′N 8°52′E / 47.367°N 8.867°E / 47.367; 8.867
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zurich
District	Pfäffikon
Government
• Mayor	Peter Good
Area
• Total	29.53 km2 (11.40 sq mi)
Elevation	640 m (2,100 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	4,837
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Postal code	8484
SFOS number	0297
Localities	Saland, Dillhaus, Dürstelen, Neuthal, Wolfensberg, Wellenau, Lipperschwändi, Schindlet
Surrounded by	Fischenthal, Sternenberg, Wila, Wildberg, Pfäffikon, Hittnau, Bäretswil
Website	www.bauma-zh.ch SFSO statistics

Bauma is a municipality in the district of Pfäffikon in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.

Bauma is first mentioned in 1470 as Boumen. Bauma and Sternenberg merged to Bauma on 1 January 2015.

Following the 2015 merger, Bauma had a total area of 29.53 km² (11.40 sq mi). Before the merger Bauma had an area of 20.8 km² (8.0 sq mi). Of this area, 35.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 54.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In 1996^[update] housing and buildings made up 6% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (2.7%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 1.1% of the area. As of 2007^[update] 6.9% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

Bauma is situated in the upper Töss Valley at the foot of the Hörnli ridge. It consists of two sections Bauma and Saland and about 80 hamlets and individual houses scattered throughout the valley and hillside. The localities within the municipality besides the villages of Bauma and Saland include the formerly independent village of Hörnen (first mentioned in 869 as Huornomarcha), Altlandenberg, Juckern, Blitterswil, Dillhaus, Undalen, Blitterswil, Bliggenswil, Wolfensberg, Wellenau, Lipperschwendi, Laubberg and Schindlet.

The municipality after the 2015 merger, had a population (based on 31 December 2015 numbers) of 4,837. As of 2007^[update], 14.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. As of 2008^[update] the gender distribution of the population was 49.3% male and 50.7% female. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -2.9%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (92.0%), with Italian being second most common (1.8%) and Albanian being third (1.8%).