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Ennenda is a former municipality in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Effective from 1 January 2011, Ennenda is part of the municipality of Glarus.
During the 19th century, Ennenda became a busy manufacturing village in the local textile industry, and retains some attractive villas and housing from that period.
Ennenda is located on the right side of the Linth river, across from Glarus at the foot of the Schilt mountain. It consists of the village of Ennenda and the hamlets of Sturmigen, Ennetbühls and the mountain settlement of Ennetberge.
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SPS which received 58.8% of the vote. Most of the rest of the votes went to the SVP with 34.5% of the vote.
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Ennenda about 67.5% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).
Ennenda has an unemployment rate of 1.6%. , there were 80 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 34 businesses involved in this sector. 802 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 33 businesses in this sector. 336 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 51 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table:
1554 204 1763 1,018 1850 2,313 1870 2,783 1900 2,494 1950 2,940 1960 3,076 2000 2,808
Transport
Ennenda railway station is on the Weesen to Linthal railway line. It is served by the Zürich S-Bahn service S25 between Linthal and Zürich, and by the St. Gallen S-Bahn service S6 between Rapperswil and Schwanden. both services operate once per hour, combining to provide two trains per hour between Ziegelbrücke and Schwanden.
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