Arbon | |
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Location of Arbon  | |
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| Coordinates: 47°31′N 9°26′E / 47.517°N 9.433°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Thurgau |
| District | Arbon |
| Government | |
| • Executive | Stadtrat with 5 members |
| • Mayor | Stadtammann/Stadtpräsident (list) Andreas Balg FDP/PRD (as of March 2015) |
| • Parliament | Stadtparlament with 30 members |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.9 km2 (2.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation (Galluskapelle) | 399 m (1,309 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
| • Total | 14,631 |
| • Density | 2,500/km2 (6,400/sq mi) |
| Demonym | German: Arboner(in) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 9320 Arbon, 9320 Frasnacht, 9320 Stachen |
| SFOS number | 4401 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-TG |
| Localities | Arbon, Frasnacht, Stachen, Schloss, Bergli, Neusätz, Chratzere, Speiserslehn, Scheidweg, Steineloh |
| Surrounded by | Egnach, Roggwil TG, Berg SG, Steinach, Horn |
| Twin towns | Langenargen (Germany), Binn (Switzerland) |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Arbon is a historic town and a municipality and district capital of the district of Arbon in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
Arbon is located on the southern shore of Lake Constance, on a railway line between Konstanz/Romanshorn and Rorschach/Chur, or St. Gallen, respectively.
It is the site of prehistoric settlements reaching back 6500 years. Elements of the castle on the peninsula were part of a Late Roman defensive fortification that developed into a medieval town in the first half of the thirteenth century.[3]
The official language of Arbon is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.
- ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ Albin Hasenfratz, Hansjörg Brem, Kurt Buenzli: Arbon in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 2010-10-20.