Rapperswil

Rapperswil
Rapperswil as seen from Etzel mountain: Capuchin monastery to the left, Rapperswil castle and St. John's church in the background, Lake Zurich harbour and Altstadt in the foreground respectively Seedamm, wooden bridge and upper Lake Zurich to the right (October 2010)
Rapperswil as seen from Etzel mountain: Capuchin monastery to the left, Rapperswil castle and St. John's church in the background, Lake Zurich harbour and Altstadt in the foreground respectively Seedamm, wooden bridge and upper Lake Zurich to the right (October 2010)
Flag of Rapperswil
Coat of arms of Rapperswil
Location of Rapperswil
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Rapperswil is located in Switzerland
Rapperswil
Rapperswil
Rapperswil is located in Canton of St. Gallen
Rapperswil
Rapperswil
Coordinates: 47°13.6′N 8°49′E / 47.2267°N 8.817°E / 47.2267; 8.817
CountrySwitzerland
CantonSt. Gallen
DistrictSee-Gaster
MunicipalityRapperswil-Jona
Government
 • MayorStadtpräsident/Stadtammann (list)
Area
 • Total1.74 km2 (0.67 sq mi)
Elevation
409 m (1,342 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[1]
 • Total2,618
 • Density1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
8640
SFOS number3336
ISO 3166 codeCH-SG
Surrounded byAltendorf (SZ), Freienbach (SZ), Jona, Bollingen, Lachen (SZ)
Websitewww.rapperswil.ch
SFSO statistics

Rapperswil (Swiss German: [ˈrɑpːərʃˌʋiːl] or [ˈrɑpːərsˌʋiːl];[2] short: Rappi) is a former municipality and since January 2007 part of the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland, located between Obersee and the main part of Lake Zurich.

  1. ^ . Federal Statistical Office https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/pxweb/de/. Retrieved 15 June 2020. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ Andres Kristol, Rapperswil SG (See) in: Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses – Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen – Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS|LSG), Centre de dialectologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld/Stuttgart/Wien 2005, ISBN 3-7193-1308-5 and Éditions Payot, Lausanne 2005, ISBN 2-601-03336-3, p. 727.