Zurich
Most populous city in Switzerland and capital of the canton of Zurich
Also known as City of Zurich · Stadt Zürich · Zurich, Switzerland · Zürich
- Country
- Switzerland(since 1815)
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- , Old Swiss Confederacy(until 1798)
- , Helvetic Republic(1798–1803)
- +1 more
- Switzerland(since 1815)
- Located in
- Population
- 452,421(December 31, 2025)
- , 448,664(December 31, 2024)
- , 436,551(December 31, 2024)
- +57 more
- Area
- 87.88 km²(2008)
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Sources- 1.“Statistisches Jahrbuch des Kantons Zürich 2015”web.statistik.zh.ch/ogd/daten/ressourcen/KTZH_00000124_00001238.pdf
- , 87.93 km²(2007)
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen”bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/raum-umwelt/bodennutzung-bedeckung/gesamtspektrum-regionalen-stufen/gemeinden.htmlRetrieved 2019-01-13
- 87.88 km²(2008)
- Elevation
- 408 m
- Head of government
- Corine Mauch(since 2009)
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Sources- 1.stadt-zuerich.ch/prd/de/index/statistik/politik/wahlen.secure.htmlRetrieved 2014-01-31
- , Elmar Ledergerber(2002–2009)
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Sources- 1.stadt-zuerich.ch/prd/de/index/statistik/politik/wahlen.secure.htmlRetrieved 2014-01-31
- , Josef Estermann(1990–2002)
- +57 more
- Corine Mauch(since 2009)
- Founded
- 2nd century
- Postal code
- 8000
- , 8001
- , 8002
- +42 more
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
567 statements · 60% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Twinned administrative body
- Kunming(since 1982)
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Sources- 1.stadt-zuerich.ch/prd/de/index/stadtentwicklung/aussenbeziehungen/internationale-kooperationen-mit-staedten/staedtepartnerschaften/kunming.html
- 2.stadt-zuerich.ch/prd/de/index/stadtentwicklung/aussenbeziehungen/zusammenarbeit-mit-staedten/staedtepartnerschaften/kunming.html
- 3.wb.km.gov.cn/c/2008-02-21/3839238.shtml
- 4.wb.km.gov.cn/upload/resources/file/2022/05/11/3666839.pdf
- San Francisco(since 2003)
- Vinnytsia(since 2010)
- Kunming(since 1982)
- Shares border with
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- Local dialing code
- 043
- 044
- Contains the administrative territorial entity
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- Legislative body
- Zurich City Parliament
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Sources- 1.“Gemeindeordnung der Stadt Zürich”stadt-zuerich.ch/portal/de/index/politik_u_recht/amtliche_sammlung/inhaltsverzeichnis/1/101/Gemeindeordnung_der_Stadt_Zuerich.html
- Zurich City Parliament
- Official name
- Zürich reason for preferred rank: signposted value
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Sources- 1.Stated in Official index of Swiss cities and townsRetrieved 2025-03-27
- Stadt Zürich
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- Zürich reason for preferred rank: signposted value
- Located in or next to body of water
- Lake Zurich directions: south-east
- Limmat
- Sihl
- Katzensee
- Glatt
- Native label
- Zürich pronunciation audio: LL-Q188 (deu)-Eihel-Zürich.wav
- Member of
- Climate Alliance(since 1993)
- KlimaBündnis-Städte Schweiz
- International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities described at url: iaks.sport
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- Heritage designation
- Swiss townscape worthy of protection inventory number: ISOS 5800
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Sources- 1.gisos.bak.admin.ch/sites/5800
- 2.api.isos.bak.admin.ch/ob/5800/doc/ISOS_5800_Gesamtstadt.pdf
- 3.api.isos.bak.admin.ch/ob/5800/doc/ISOS_5800_Affoltern.pdf
- 4.api.isos.bak.admin.ch/ob/5800/doc/ISOS_5800_Albisrieden.pdf
- 5.api.isos.bak.admin.ch/ob/5800/doc/ISOS_5800_Altstetten.pdf
- 6.api.isos.bak.admin.ch/ob/5800/doc/ISOS_5800_Aussersihl.pdf
- Swiss townscape worthy of protection inventory number: ISOS 5800
- Demonym
- Zuriquense applies to part: feminine singular
- Zuriquense applies to part: masculine singular
- Zurichoise applies to part: feminine singular
- Zurichois applies to part: masculine singular
- Related category
- Category:Streets in Zurich category contains: street
- Category:Squares in Zurich category contains: square
- Social media followers
- 8,760(January 25, 2025) youtube channel id: UCnhys4wAzub1B64sBIYvfxQ
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- 15,063(December 6, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 137312504
- 7,820(April 29, 2024) youtube channel id: UCnhys4wAzub1B64sBIYvfxQ
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- 7,060(May 24, 2023) youtube channel id: UCnhys4wAzub1B64sBIYvfxQ
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- 8,760(January 25, 2025) youtube channel id: UCnhys4wAzub1B64sBIYvfxQ
- Present in work
- Civilization V subject has role: City-state
On other databases
112 identifiers linking Zurich across the web's reference databases
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- Apple Maps "auid" identifier12787558822129855774
- ArchINFORM location ID1667
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- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDzurich-20
- Catholic Encyclopedia ID15770b
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- Curlie IDRegional/Europe/Switzerland/Cantons/Zurich/Localities/Zurich/
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- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)130L9n
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)381525
- Facebook location ID102160693158562
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- GeoNames ID7287650
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7007302
- GitHub topiczurich
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- GND ID4068038-1
- Google Maps Customer ID16604364946265857027
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- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0073462
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDZürich_-_by
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)5704017
- Grove Art Online IDT093709
- Harper's tagzurich
- HDS ID000171
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- Instagram location ID214122044
- Instagram usernamestadtzh
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- ISNI0000000122937775
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- Japan Search name IDチューリッヒ
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID15302
- Joconde location IDT84-3579
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- Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID17690
- Le Figaro tag IDZurich
- Lex IDZürich
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn80013637
- LinkedIn company or organization IDstadt-zürich
- Museum-digital place ID280
- MusicBrainz area IDe2bd38a1-c5ad-4dd4-b9a4-0632ff3be7ae
- National Historical Museums of Sweden IDgeo/53174349-009D-4C21-9172-70AF9BEC66C7
- National Library of Israel ID (old)000978219
- National Library of Wales Authority IDzurich
- NE.se IDzurich
- NL CR AUT IDge128459
- OBO Gazetteer ID00003654
- OmegaWiki Defined Meaning930474
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID4002229
- Open Library subject IDplace:zurich_(switzerland)
- OpenStreetMap node ID240025182
- OpenStreetMap relation ID1682248
- Ortsnamen.ch ID802000261
- PACTOLS thesaurus IDpcrtUBX6RY7dTh
- Pinakes city ID644
- Pixiv Encyclopedia IDチューリッヒ
- Quora topic IDZürich
- Reddit topic ID (obsolete)zurich
- Ringgold ID57884
- RKD thesaurus ID659
- SBN place IDMUSL003787
- SNARC IDQ45553
- SPAP IDp/e1868a17-fd38-4fb4-bb66-34296284fb37
- Subredditzurich
- Süddeutsche Zeitung topic IDZ%C3%BCrich
- SVKKL authority IDg0002510-Curych-svycarsko
- Swiss Enterprise Identification NumberCHE-114.889.289
- Swiss Films company ID36f2eed83aca4056bf26a60a9b7efb87
- Swiss municipality code261
- The Oxford Dictionary of Music entry ID10008
