Municipalities of the canton of Zürich

There are 168 municipalities in the Canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Municipalities in the canton of Zürich

In general, municipalities (German: Politische Gemeinden) in Switzerland are grouped in districts (Bezirke), their capital municipalities are written in bold letters.

Mergers of municipalities

There were no changes between 1934 and 2013, but as of December 2015, there occurred in all three mergers as per 1 January 2014, 1 January 2015, and 1 January 2016.

2014: Bertschikon bei Attikon and Wiesendangen → Wiesendangen^[1]^[2]
2015: Bauma and Sternenberg → Bauma^[3]^[4]
2016: Kyburg and Illnau-Effretikon → Illnau-Effretikon^[5]^[6]
2018: Hirzel and Horgen → Horgen^[7]^[8]
planned: Hütten, Schönenberg and Wädenswil → Wädenswil

List of the municipalities

There are listed the names of all the 171 municipalities as of 2013, i.e. before the three mergers in the modern history of the canton of Zürich occurred.

Contents

A

Municipality'	Population (31 December 2015)^[9]	Area in km²	Inhabitants/ km²	District
Adlikon	662	6.71	99	Andelfingen
Adliswil	18,551	7.79	2,381	Horgen
Aesch (ZH)	1,198	5.24	229	Dietikon
Aeugst am Albis	1,986	7.87	252	Affoltern
Affoltern am Albis	11,695	10.56	1,107	Affoltern
Altikon	655	7.68	405	Winterthur
Andelfingen	2,168	6.65	326	Andelfingen

B

Municipality'	Population (31 December 2015)^[9]	Area in km²	Inhabitants/ km²	District
Bachenbülach	4,026	4.25	947	Bülach
Bachs	585	9.12	64	Dielsdorf
Bäretswil	4,958	22.23	26	Hinwil
Bassersdorf	19,342	9.02	2,720	Bülach
Bauma^[3]^[4]	4,367	20.76	210	Pfäffikon
Benken (ZH)	859	5.67	151	Andelfingen
Berg am Irchel	567	7.06	80	Andelfingen
Bertschikon^[1]^[2]	1,084	9.64	112	Winterthur
Birmensdorf (ZH)	6,235	11.38	548	Dietikon
Bonstetten	5,322	7.42	717	Affoltern
Boppelsen	1,317	3.94	334	Dielsdorf
Brütten	2,006	6.67	301	Winterthur
Bubikon	7,027	11.58	607	Hinwil
Buch am Irchel	961	10.26	94	Andelfingen
Buchs (ZH)	6,269	5.87	1,068	Dielsdorf
Bülach	19,342	16.09	1,202	Bülach

D

Municipality'	Population (31 December 2015)^[9]	Area in km²	Inhabitants/ km²	District
Dachsen	1,986	2.69	738	Andelfingen
Dägerlen	1,014	7.90	128	Winterthur
Dällikon	3,950	4.50	878	Dielsdorf
Dänikon	1,888	2.80	674	Dielsdorf
Dättlikon	745	2.87	260	Winterthur
Dielsdorf	5,917	5.86	1,010	Dielsdorf
Dietikon	26,633	9.33	2,855	Dietikon
Dietlikon	7,605	4.26	1,785	Bülach
Dinhard	1,490	7.15	208	Winterthur
Dorf	627	5.55	113	Andelfingen
Dübendorf	26,759	13.61	1,966	Uster
Dürnten	7,392	10.19	725	Hinwil

E

Municipality'	Population (31 December 2015)^[9]	Area in km²	Inhabitants/ km²	District
Egg	8,378	14.48	579	Uster
Eglisau	5,021	9.07	554	Bülach
Elgg	4,209	15.53	271	Winterthur
Ellikon an der Thur	885	4.92	180	Winterthur
Elsau	3,477	8.06	431	Winterthur
Embrach	9,143	12.72	719	Bülach
Erlenbach (ZH)	5,472	2.97	1,842	Meilen

F

Municipality'	Population (31 December 2015)^[9]	Area in km²	Inhabitants/ km²	District
Fällanden	8,340	6.41	1,301	Uster
Fehraltorf	6,292	9.54	660	Pfäffikon
Feuerthalen	3,564	2.49	1,431	Andelfingen
Fischenthal	2,425	30.25	80	Hinwil
Flaach	1,357	10.16	134	Andelfingen
Flurlingen	1,437	2.40	599	Andelfingen
Freienstein-Teufen	2,303	8.32	277	Bülach

G

Municipality'	Population (31 December 2015)^[9]	Area in km²	Inhabitants/ km²	District
Geroldswil	4,858	1.91	2,543	Dietikon
Glattfelden	4,945	12.35	400	Bülach
Gossau (ZH)	9,744	18.28	533	Hinwil
Greifensee	5,360	2.30	2,330	Uster
Grüningen	3,358	8.77	383	Hinwil

H

Municipality'	Population (31 December 2015)^[9]	Area in km²	Inhabitants/ km²	District
Hagenbuch	1,107	8.17	135	Winterthur
Hausen am Albis	3,476	13.64	255	Affoltern
Hedingen	3,655	6.59	555	Affoltern
Henggart	2,250	3.01	748	Andelfingen
Herrliberg	6,289	8.97	701	Meilen
Hettlingen	3,113	5.87	530	Winterthur
Hinwil	10,830	22.31	485	Hinwil
Hirzel	2,145	9.68	222	Horgen
Hittnau	3,608	12.92	279	Pfäffikon
Hochfelden	1,989	6.16	323	Bülach
Hofstetten (ZH)	481	8.85	54	Winterthur
Hombrechtikon	8,463	12.19	694	Meilen
Horgen	20,164	21.07	957	Horgen
Höri	2,639	4.85	544	Bülach
Humlikon	504	3.70	136	Andelfingen
Hüntwangen	1,013	4.97	204	Bülach
Hütten	898	7.24	124	Horgen
Hüttikon	879	1.60	549	Dielsdorf

I

Coat of arms'	Municipality'	Population (31 December 2015)^[9]	Area in km²	Inhabitants/ km²	District
	Illnau-Effretikon^[5]^[6]	16,298	25.28	645	Pfäffikon

K

Municipality'	Population (31 December 2015)^[9]	Area in km²	Inhabitants/ km²	District
Kappel am Albis	1,029	7.87	131	Affoltern
Kilchberg (ZH)	8,077	2.58	3,131	Horgen
Kleinandelfingen	2,068	10.36	200	Andelfingen
Kloten	18,412	19.28	955	Bülach
Knonau	2,094	6.48	323	Affoltern
Küsnacht (ZH)	13,796	12.35	1,117	Meilen
Kyburg^[5]^[6]	411	7.58	54	Pfäffikon

L

Municipality'	Population (31 December 2015)^[9]	Area in km²	Inhabitants/ km²	District
Langnau am Albis	7,449	8.66	860	Horgen
Laufen-Uhwiesen	1,639	6.27	261	Andelfingen
Lindau	5,379	11.96	450	Pfäffikon
Lufingen	2,066	5.22	396	Bülach

M

Municipality'	Population (31 December 2015)^[9]	Area in km²	Inhabitants/ km²	District
Männedorf	10,588	4.78	2,215	Meilen
Marthalen	1,950	14.11	138	Andelfingen
Maschwanden	638	4.67	137	Affoltern
Maur	9,873	14.83	666	Uster
Meilen	13,515	11.93	1,133	Meilen
Mettmenstetten	4,659	13.11	355	Affoltern
Mönchaltorf	3,670	7.62	482	Uster

N

Municipality'	Population (31 December 2015)^[9]	Area in km²	Inhabitants/ km²	District
Neerach	3,044	6.01	506	Dielsdorf
Neftenbach	5,500	14.95	368	Winterthur
Niederglatt	4,751	3.62	1,312	Dielsdorf
Niederhasli	9,085	11.24	808	Dielsdorf
Niederweningen	2,856	6.88	415	Dielsdorf
Nürensdorf	5,464	10.09	542	Bülach

O

Municipality'	Population (31 December 2015)^[9]	Area in km²	Inhabitants/ km²	District
Oberembrach	1,066	10.20	105	Bülach
Oberengstringen	6,549	2.13	3,075	Dietikon
Oberglatt	6,789	8.29	819	Dielsdorf
Oberrieden	5,027	2.76	1,821	Horgen
Oberstammheim	1,173	9.36	125	Andelfingen
Oberweningen	1,796	4.86	370	Dielsdorf
Obfelden	5,007	7.54	664	Affoltern
Oetwil am See	4,661	6.09	765	Meilen
Oetwil an der Limmat	2,363	2.76	856	Dietikon
Opfikon	18,482	5.61	3,294	Bülach
Ossingen	1,422	13.07	109	Andelfingen
Otelfingen	2,777	7.23	384	Dielsdorf
Ottenbach	2,566	4.98	515	Affoltern

P

Coat of arms'	Municipality'	Population (31 December 2015)^[9]	Area in km²	Inhabitants/ km²	District
	Pfäffikon	11,439	19.54	585	Pfäffikon
	Pfungen	3,750	4.99	752	Winterthur

R

Municipality'	Population (31 December 2015)^[9]	Area in km²	Inhabitants/ km²	District
Rafz	4,341	10.74	404	Bülach
Regensberg	465	2.39	195	Dielsdorf
Regensdorf	18,010	14.62	1,232	Dielsdorf
Rheinau	1,316	8.96	147	Andelfingen
Richterswil	13,177	7.54	1,748	Horgen
Rickenbach (ZH)	2,591	6.03	430	Winterthur
Rifferswil	1,056	6.50	162	Affoltern
Rorbas	2,742	4.44	618	Bülach
Rümlang	7,752	12.39	626	Dielsdorf
Rüschlikon	5,664	2.94	1,927	Horgen
Russikon	4,282	14.37	298	Pfäffikon
Rüti (ZH)	12,011	10.19	1,179	Hinwil

S

Municipality'	Population (31 December 2015)^[9]	Area in km²	Inhabitants/ km²	District
Schlatt (ZH)	735	9.03	81	Winterthur
Schleinikon	720	5.65	127	Dielsdorf
Schlieren	18,414	6.58	2,798	Dietikon
Schöfflisdorf	1,395	4.05	344	Dielsdorf
Schönenberg (ZH)	1,863	11.00	169	Horgen
Schwerzenbach	5,020	2.64	1,902	Uster
Seegräben	1,435	3.75	383	Hinwil
Seuzach	7,198	7.56	952	Winterthur
Stadel	2,210	12.85	172	Dielsdorf
Stäfa	14,152	8.59	1,647	Meilen
Stallikon	3,438	12.01	286	Affoltern
Steinmaur	3,389	9.39	361	Dielsdorf
Sternenberg^[3]^[4]	351	8.75	40	Pfäffikon

T

Municipality'	Population (31 December 2015)^[9]	Area in km²	Inhabitants/ km²	District
Thalheim an der Thur	903	6.44	140	Andelfingen
Thalwil	17,729	5.53	3,206	Horgen
Trüllikon	1,014	9.52	107	Andelfingen
Truttikon	473	4.42	107	Andelfingen
Turbenthal	4,469	25.07	178	Winterthur

U

Municipality'	Population (31 December 2015)^[9]	Area in km²	Inhabitants/ km²	District
Uetikon am See	5,981	3.49	1,714	Meilen
Uitikon	4,107	4.38	938	Dietikon
Unterengstringen	3,627	3.32	1,092	Dietikon
Unterstammheim	923	7.32	126	Andelfingen
Urdorf	9,673	7.62	1,269	Dietikon
Uster	33,853	28.56	1,185	Uster

V

Coat of arms'	Municipality'	Population (31 December 2015)^[9]	Area in km²	Inhabitants/ km²	District
	Volken	339	3.21	106	Andelfingen
	Volketswil	18,489	14.00	1,321	Uster

W

Municipality'	Population (31 December 2015)^[9]	Area in km²	Inhabitants/ km²	District
Wädenswil	21,569	17.37	1,242	Horgen
Wald (ZH)	9,421	25.25	373	Hinwil
Wallisellen	15,603	6.50	2,400	Bülach
Waltalingen	675	7.25	93	Andelfingen
Wangen-Brüttisellen	7,742	7.90	980	Uster
Wasterkingen	573	3.95	145	Bülach
Weiach	1,377	9.57	144	Dielsdorf
Weiningen (ZH)	4,510	5.41	834	Dietikon
Weisslingen	3,255	12.81	254	Pfäffikon
Wettswil am Albis	4,920	3.77	1,305	Affoltern
Wetzikon	24,373	16.73	1,457	Hinwil
Wiesendangen	4,955	9.68	512	Winterthur
Wil (ZH)	1,375	8.94	154	Bülach
Wila	1,926	9.21	209	Pfäffikon
Wildberg	1,006	10.83	93	Pfäffikon
Winkel	4,237	8.16	519	Bülach
Winterthur	108,044	67.93	1,591	Winterthur

Z

Municipality'	Population (31 December 2015)^[9]	Area in km²	Inhabitants/ km²	District
Zell (ZH)	5,690	12.70	448	Winterthur
Zollikon	12,744	7.84	1,626	Meilen
Zumikon	5,168	5.44	950	Meilen
Zurich	396,027	91.88	4,310	Zürich

References

1 2 Bertschikon and Wiesendangen merged to Wiesendangen on 1 January 2014.
1 2 "Bertschikon" (in German). Zürcher Oberländer. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
1 2 3 Bauma and Sternenberg merged to Bauma on 1 January 2015.
1 2 3 "Dossier Sternenberg" (in German). Zürcher Oberländer. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
1 2 3 "Adieu Kyburg!" (in German). kyburg.ch. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
1 2 3 "Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz" (in German). bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Canton of Zurich Statistical Office (German) accessed 27 April 2016

Notes

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