Egg is a municipality in the district of Uster in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Egg is first mentioned in 775 as Echa. Personalities Hausi A. Muller (born 1955), Professor, Associate Dean Research, University of Victoria Peter Wuffli (born 1957), Manager Brigitte Oertli (born 1962), Skier Uriella (born 1929), Managerin Billy Meier (born 1936), Egger Abfallbärtli Geography Egg has an area of . Of this area, 58.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 23.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 18.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 12.9% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (5.2%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.3% of the area. 12.8% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. The lowest elevation in the municipality is the Greifensee at . The highest point in the municipality is the Pfannenstiel at . Egg is located in the Pfannenstiel region. Districts There are three villages in Egg: Hinteregg (population: 1,500), Egg (population: 4,800) and Esslingen (population: 1,500). There are also smaller settlements (called Aussenwacht): Rällikon, Innervollikon, Usservollikon, Niederesslingen, Rohr, Schaubigen, Eichholz, Neuhaus, and Guldenen. Coat of arms The coat of arms shows two entwined hands in blue, coming out of silver clouds. It was created at the beginning of the 19th century, influenced by the French Revolution. It symbolizes the motto of the Revolution: Freedom, Equality and Brotherhood. Demographics Egg has a population (as of ) of . , 17.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 47.6% male and 52.4% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 11.5%. Most of the population () speaks German (87.5%), with Italian being second most common ( 2.5%) and English being third ( 2.4%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 37.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (16.2%), the FDP (15.9%) and the CSP (10.5%). The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 23.8% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 63.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 12.3%. In Egg about 82% of the population (between