Zurich

For other uses, see Zurich (disambiguation).

Zurich
Zürich (German)
Municipality
Zurich Opera House
Prime Tower
Dolder Grand
ETH Zurich
Old Town with Grossmünster, Fraumünster, St. Peter, Münsterbrücke and Limmat
Flag
Coat of arms
Location of Zurich
Zürich (German)
Map
Zurich Zürich (German) is located in Switzerland
Zurich Zürich (German)
Zurich
Zürich (German)
Zurich Zürich (German) is located in Canton of Zurich
Zurich Zürich (German)
Zurich
Zürich (German)
Coordinates: 47°22′28″N 08°32′28″E / 47.37444°N 8.54111°E / 47.37444; 8.54111
CountrySwitzerland
CantonZurich
DistrictZurich
Government
 • ExecutiveStadtrat
with 9 members
 • MayorStadtpräsidentin (list)
Corine Mauch SPS/PSS
(as of February 2014)
 • ParliamentGemeinderat
with 125 members
Area
[1][2]
 • Total
87.88 km2 (33.93 sq mi)
Elevation
(Zurich main railway station)
408 m (1,339 ft)
Highest elevation
(Uetliberg)
871 m (2,858 ft)
Lowest elevation
(Limmat)
392 m (1,286 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[3][4]
 • Total
415,367
 • Density4,700/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
DemonymGerman: Zürcher(in)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
8000–8099
SFOS number0261
ISO 3166 codeCH-ZH
Surrounded byAdliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon
Twin townsKunming, San Francisco
Websitestadt-zuerich.ch
SFSO statistics

Zurich (German: Zürich; Alemannic German: Züri) is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in north-central Switzerland,[5] at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. As of January 2023, the municipality had 443,037 inhabitants,[6] the urban area 1.315 million (2009),[7] and the Zurich metropolitan area 1.83 million (2011).[8] Zurich is a hub for railways, roads, and air traffic. Both Zurich Airport and Zurich's main railway station are the largest and busiest in the country.

Permanently settled for over 2,000 years, Zurich was founded by the Romans, who called it Turicum. However, early settlements have been found dating back more than 6,400 years (although this only indicates human presence in the area and not the presence of a town that early).[9] During the Middle Ages, Zurich gained the independent and privileged status of imperial immediacy and, in 1519, became a primary centre of the Protestant Reformation in Europe under the leadership of Huldrych Zwingli.[10]

The official language of Zurich is German,[a] but the main spoken language is Zurich German, the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.

As one of Switzerland's primary financial centres, Zurich is home to many financial institutions and banking companies.[11] Many museums and art galleries can be found in the city, including the Swiss National Museum and Kunsthaus. Schauspielhaus Zürich is generally considered to be one of the most important theatres in the German-speaking world.[12]

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  2. ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
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  5. ^ "Zurich entry at the Swiss Tourist Board". Myswitzerland.com. Archived from the original on 12 May 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
  6. ^ "Bevölkerungsbestand und – entwicklung – Stadt Zürichbestand". stadt-zuerich.ch (in German). Stadt Zürich Präsidialdepartment. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Population size and population composition – Data, indicators – Agglomerations: Permanent resident population in urban and rural areas". bfs.admin.ch (Statistics). Federal Statistical Office, Neuchâtel, Swiss Federal Administration. 2015. Archived from the original on 4 May 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  8. ^ "Zürich in Zahlen 2011 Taschenstatistik (German)". Präsidialdepartement der Stadt Zürich (Department of the Mayor). 8 September 2012. Archived from the original (Press release) on 7 March 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  9. ^ Primas, Margarita (December 1981). "Urgeschichte des Zürichseegebietes im Überblick: Von der Steinzeit bis zur Früheisenzeit". Helvetia Archaeologica 45/48: 5–18, 5f.
  10. ^ "Huldrych-Zwingli". Zuerich.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  11. ^ "Swiss financial centre". www.eda.admin.ch. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  12. ^ Zürich Culture Archived 7 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine worldtravelguide.net. Retrieved 10 March 2010


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