Official Name: | Wiedikon |
Native Name: | District of the city of Zurich |
Settlement Type: | District |
Coordinates: | 47.3667°N 39°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Switzerland |
Subdivision Type1: | Canton |
Subdivision Name1: | Zurich |
Subdivision Type2: | City |
Subdivision Name2: | Zurich |
Area Total Km2: | 8.65 |
Population Total: | 45885 |
Population As Of: | 31. Dec. 2005 |
Population Density Km2: | 5305 |
Blank Name: | District Number |
Blank Info: | 3 |
Blank1 Name: | Quarters |
Blank1 Info: | Alt-Wiedikon Sihlfeld Friesenberg |
Wiedikon is a district in the Swiss city of Zurich. It corresponds to District number 3 and comprises the neighborhoods of Alt-Wiedikon, Sihlfeld and Friesenberg.
Wiedikon was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zurich in 1893.
The municipality is located on the A3 motorway. Zürich Wiedikon railway station is a stop of the Zürich S-Bahn on the lines S2, S8 and S21. The head office of Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn (SZU) is located in Wiedikon.