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.

List of the municipalities

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Coat of armsMunicipalityPopulation
Area
in km2
Inhabitants/
km2
District
35px|Altikon7.68 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.