Municipalities of the canton of Zurich explained

There are 160 municipalities in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.

In general, municipalities (German: Politische Gemeinden) in Switzerland are grouped in districts (Bezirke), their capital municipalities are written in bold letters.

Mergers of municipalities

There were no changes between 1934 and 2013, but, there occurred in all nine mergers.

• 2014: Bertschikon bei Attikon and Wiesendangen → Wiesendangen
• 2015: Bauma and Sternenberg → Bauma
• 2016: Kyburg and Illnau-Effretikon → Illnau-Effretikon^{[1] [2]}
• 2018: Hirzel and Horgen → Horgen^[3]
• 2018: Elgg and Hofstetten → Elgg
• 2019: Oberstammheim, Unterstammheim and Waltalingen → Stammheim
• 2019: Hütten, Schönenberg and Wädenswil → Wädenswil
• 2023: Adlikon, Andelfingen and Humlikon → Andelfingen

List of the municipalities

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Coat of arms	Municipality	Population	Area in km^2	Inhabitants/ km^2	District
	35px|Altikon			7.68		Winterthur
				7.79		Horgen
				5.24		Dietikon
				7.87		Affoltern
		Affoltern am Albis		10.56		Affoltern
		Andelfingen		6.65		Andelfingen
				4.25		Bülach
				9.12		Dielsdorf
				22.23		Hinwil
				9.02		Bülach
		Bauma^[4] ^[5]		20.76		Pfäffikon
				5.67		Andelfingen
				7.06		Andelfingen
				11.38		Dietikon
				7.42		Affoltern
				3.94		Dielsdorf
				6.67		Winterthur
				11.58		Hinwil
				10.26		Andelfingen
				5.87		Dielsdorf
		Bülach		16.09		Bülach
				2.69		Andelfingen
				7.90		Winterthur
				4.50		Dielsdorf
				2.80		Dielsdorf
				2.87		Winterthur
		Dielsdorf		5.86		Dielsdorf
		Dietikon		9.33		Dietikon
				4.26		Bülach
				7.15		Winterthur
				5.55		Andelfingen
				13.61		Uster
				10.19		Hinwil
				14.48		Uster
				9.07		Bülach
				15.53		Winterthur
				4.92		Winterthur
				8.06		Winterthur
				12.72		Bülach
				2.97		Meilen
				6.41		Uster
				9.54		Pfäffikon
				2.49		Andelfingen
				30.25		Hinwil
				10.16		Andelfingen
				2.40		Andelfingen
				8.32		Bülach
				1.91		Dietikon
				12.35		Bülach
				18.28		Hinwil
				2.30		Uster
				8.77		Hinwil
				8.17		Winterthur
				13.64		Affoltern
				6.59		Affoltern
				3.01		Andelfingen
				8.97		Meilen
				5.87		Winterthur
		Hinwil		22.31		Hinwil
				12.92		Pfäffikon
				6.16		Bülach
				12.19		Meilen
		Horgen		21.07		Horgen
				4.85		Bülach
				4.97		Bülach
				1.60		Dielsdorf
				25.28		Pfäffikon
				7.87		Affoltern
				2.58		Horgen
				10.36		Andelfingen
				19.28		Bülach
				6.48		Affoltern
				12.35		Meilen
				8.66		Horgen
				6.27		Andelfingen
				11.96		Pfäffikon
				5.22		Bülach
				4.78		Meilen
				14.11		Andelfingen
				4.67		Affoltern
				14.83		Uster
		Meilen		11.93		Meilen
				13.11		Affoltern
				7.62		Uster
				6.01		Dielsdorf
				14.95		Winterthur
				3.62		Dielsdorf
				11.24		Dielsdorf
				6.88		Dielsdorf
				10.09		Bülach
				10.20		Bülach
				2.13		Dietikon
				8.29		Dielsdorf
				2.76		Horgen
				4.86		Dielsdorf
	align=center				7.54		Affoltern
	align=center				6.09		Meilen
align=center		align=center				2.76		Dietikon
				5.61		Bülach
				13.07		Andelfingen
				7.23		Dielsdorf
				4.98		Affoltern
		Pfäffikon		19.54		Pfäffikon
				4.99		Winterthur
				10.74		Bülach
				2.39		Dielsdorf
				14.62		Dielsdorf
				8.96		Andelfingen
				7.54		Horgen
				6.03		Winterthur
				6.50		Affoltern
				4.44		Bülach
				12.39		Dielsdorf
				2.94		Horgen
				14.37		Pfäffikon
				10.19		Hinwil
				9.03		Winterthur
				5.65		Dielsdorf
				6.58		Dietikon
				4.05		Dielsdorf
				2.64		Uster
				3.75		Hinwil
				7.56		Winterthur
				12.85		Dielsdorf
				8.59		Meilen
				12.01		Affoltern
				2.393		Andelfingen
				9.39		Dielsdorf
				6.44		Andelfingen
				5.53		Horgen
				9.52		Andelfingen
				4.42		Andelfingen
				25.07		Winterthur
				3.49		Meilen
				4.38		Dietikon
				3.32		Dietikon
				7.62		Dietikon
		Uster		28.56		Uster
				3.21		Andelfingen
				14.00		Uster
				17.37		Horgen
				25.25		Hinwil
				6.50		Bülach
				7.90		Uster
				3.95		Bülach
				9.57		Dielsdorf
				5.41		Dietikon
				12.81		Pfäffikon
				3.77		Affoltern
				16.73		Hinwil
				9.68		Winterthur
				8.94		Bülach
				9.21		Pfäffikon
				10.83		Pfäffikon
				8.16		Bülach
		Winterthur		67.93		Winterthur
				12.70		Winterthur
				7.84		Meilen
				5.44		Meilen
		Zurich		91.88		Zürich
		Canton of Zurich		1,728.95		—

Notes

Partially based on the article in the German Wikipedia.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Adieu Kyburg!. kyburg.ch. de. 2016-01-01.
2. Web site: Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz. bfs.admin.ch. de. 2016-01-01.
3. Web site: Freude über das Ja zur Fusion. Zürichsee Zeitung. de. 2016-09-26. 2017-01-01.
4. [Bauma ZH|Bauma]
5. Web site: Dossier Sternenberg. Zürcher Oberländer. de. 2015-01-03.