Kreuzlingen | |
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Coordinates: 47°38′N 9°10′E / 47.633°N 9.167°E | |
Country | Switzerland |
Canton | Thurgau |
District | Kreuzlingen |
Government | |
• Executive | Stadtrat with 5 members |
• Mayor | Stadtammann (list) Thomas Niederberger (as of March 2018) |
• Parliament | Gemeinderat with 40 members |
Area | |
• Total | 11.49 km2 (4.44 sq mi) |
Elevation | 397 m (1,302 ft) |
Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
• Total | 21,997 |
• Density | 1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
Postal code(s) | 8280 |
SFOS number | 4671 |
ISO 3166 code | CH-TG |
Localities | Emmishofen, Kurzrickenbach |
Surrounded by | Bottighofen, Constance (Konstanz) (DE-BW), Kemmental, Lengwil, Tägerwilen |
Twin towns | Wolfach (Germany), Cisternino (Italy) |
Website | www SFSO statistics |
Kreuzlingen is a municipality in the district of Kreuzlingen in the canton of Thurgau in north-eastern Switzerland. It is the seat of the district and is the second-largest city of the canton, after Frauenfeld, with a population of about 22,000. Together with the adjoining city of Konstanz just across the border in Germany, Kreuzlingen is part of the largest conurbation on Lake Constance with a population of almost 120,000.