Canton of Zurich

The canton of Zurich is an administrative unit of Switzerland, situated in the northeastern part of the country. With a population of 1,553,423, it is the most populous canton of Switzerland. is the de facto capital of the canton, but is not specifically mentioned in the constitution.
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  • Type: State with 1,550,000 residents
  • Description: canton of Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Canton of Zürich”, “Canton Zurich”, “CH040”, “Kanton Zuerich”, “ZH”, “Zurich”, and “Zürich”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Effretikon railway station and Dübendorf Air Base.

Railway station
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Effretikon is a railway station in the canton of Zürich and . The station, which takes its name from the village of Effretikon, is located on the Zürich to Winterthur main line at the junction with the Effretikon to Hinwil line.

Aerodrome
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was a military airfield of the Swiss Air Force northeast of in , located east of Zürich. It includes the Flieger-Flab-Museum.

Railway station
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Schwerzenbach is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Zurich. It is situated in the on the Wallisellen–Uster–Rapperswil line.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Uster and Zurich.

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is a city near , . lies 350m above sea level, so it is just in the winter snow.

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is the largest city in and an international financial centre. is close to some excellent skiing resorts and many people headed for the Swiss Alps don't spend much time in itself, but you'd be missing a lot if you don't explore .

Town
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is a municipality in the district of Uster in the canton of Zürich in . It is a suburb of Zürich in with a population of about 30,000. It is the fourth largest city in the canton, after Zürich, , and .

Canton of Zurich

Latitude
47.4133° or 47° 24′ 48″ north
Longitude
8.6564° or 8° 39′ 23″ east
Population
1,550,000
Elevation
526 metres (1,726 feet)
Abbreviation
“ZH”
Open location code
8FVCCM74+8H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 313870420
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2657895
Wiki­data ID
Q11943
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Canton of Zurich” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kanton Zürich”
  • Albanian: “Kantoni Cyrih”
  • Arabic: “زيورخ”
  • Arabic: “كانتون زيورخ”
  • Arabic: “كانتون زيوريخ”
  • Aragonese: “Cantón de Zúrich”
  • Armenian: “Ցյուրիխ”
  • Armenian: “Ցյուրիխի կանտոն”
  • Arpitan: “Quenton de Tsurique”
  • Arpitan: “Tsurique”
  • Asturian: “Cantón de Zúrich”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sürix kantonu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sürix”
  • Balinese: “Kanton Zürich”
  • Basque: “Zürich kantonamendua”
  • Belarusian: “кантон Цюрых”
  • Belarusian: “Цюрых, кантон”
  • Belarusian: “Цюрых”
  • Bengali: “ক্যান্টন অফ জুরিখ”
  • Bosnian: “Zürich”
  • Breton: “Kanton Zürich”
  • Bulgarian: “Цюрих”
  • Catalan: “Cantó de Zuric”
  • Catalan: “cantó de Zúric”
  • Catalan: “Cantó de Zúric”
  • Cebuano: “Kanton Zürich”
  • Chinese: “Zürich Chiu”
  • Chinese: “苏黎世州”
  • Chinese: “蘇黎世州”
  • Chuvash: “Цюрих”
  • Corsican: “Cantone di Zurigu”
  • Corsican: “Zurigu”
  • Croatian: “Zürich”
  • Czech: “Curych”
  • Danish: “Kanton Zürich”
  • Dutch: “Zürich”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Zuriko”
  • Esperanto: “Zuriko”
  • Estonian: “Zürichi kanton”
  • Finnish: “Zürich”
  • French: “canton de Zurich”
  • French: “Canton de Zurich”
  • French: “ZH”
  • French: “Zurich”
  • Galician: “Cantón de Zúric”
  • Galician: “Cantón de Zürich”
  • Georgian: “ციურიხის კანტონი”
  • German: “Kanton Zürich”
  • German: “Region Zürich”
  • German: “ZH”
  • German: “Zürich”
  • Greek: “Καντόνι της Ζυρίχης”
  • Gujarati: “કેન્ટન ઓફ ઝ્યુરિખ”
  • Hebrew: “ציריך”
  • Hebrew: “קנטון ציריך”
  • Hindi: “ज़्यूरिख़ कैन्टन”
  • Hindi: “ज़्यूरिख़ छावनी”
  • Hungarian: “Zürich kanton”
  • Icelandic: “Zürich”
  • Iloko: “Kanton ti Zurich”
  • Iloko: “Zurich”
  • Indonesian: “Kanton Zürich”
  • Interlingue: “Canton de Zúrich”
  • Irish: “cantún Zürich”
  • Italian: “canton Zurigo”
  • Italian: “Canton Zurigo”
  • Italian: “Cantone di Zurigo”
  • Italian: “ZH”
  • Italian: “Zurigo”
  • Japanese: “チューリッヒ州”
  • Japanese: “チューリヒ州”
  • Javanese: “Kanton Zurich”
  • Kannada: “ಜುರಿಚ್ ಕ್ಯಾಂಟನ್”
  • Kazakh: “Цюрих”
  • Korean: “취리히 주”
  • Korean: “취리히주”
  • Kurdish: “Zürich (kanton)”
  • Kurdish: “Zürich”
  • Kurdish: “Zurîx”
  • Ladin: “Cianton de Zurich”
  • Ladin: “Cianton de Zürich”
  • Latin: “Turicensis”
  • Latvian: “Cīrihes kantons”
  • Limburgan: “Zürich”
  • Lingala: “Kanton ya Tsúri”
  • Lithuanian: “Ciuricho kantonas”
  • Lombard: “Canton Zurigh”
  • Lombard: “Canton Zürigh”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kanton Zürech”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kanton Zurich”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kanton Zürich”
  • Luxembourgish: “ZH”
  • Luxembourgish: “Zürich”
  • Macedonian: “Цирих”
  • Malay: “Canton of Zurich”
  • Marathi: “झ्युरिक”
  • Mazanderani: “زوریخ کانتون”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Zürich Chiu”
  • Mingrelian: “ციურიხიშ კანტონი”
  • Northern Frisian: “Zürich”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “kantonen Zürich”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Zürich (kanton)”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Zürich”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kantonen Zürich”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Zürich”
  • Norwegian: “Zürich”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Canton de Zuric”
  • Ossetian: “Цюрих (кантон)”
  • Ossetian: “Цюрих”
  • Persian: “زوریخ”
  • Persian: “کانتون زوریخ”
  • Piemontese: “Canton ëd Zurigh”
  • Polish: “Zurych”
  • Portuguese: “cantão Zurique”
  • Portuguese: “ZH”
  • Portuguese: “Zurich”
  • Portuguese: “Zürich”
  • Portuguese: “Zurique”
  • Romanian: “cantonul Zürich”
  • Romanian: “Cantonul Zürich”
  • Romansh: “Chantun Turitg”
  • Romansh: “Turitg”
  • Russian: “Цюрих”
  • Scots: “Canton o Zurich”
  • Scots: “Canton o Zürich”
  • Scots: “ZH”
  • Scots: “Zürich”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Zürich”
  • Serbian: “Кантон Цирих”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zürich”
  • Sicilian: “Canton Zurìcu”
  • Sinhala: “සූරිච් දිස්ත්‍රික්කය”
  • Slovak: “Zürich”
  • Slovenian: “Kanton Zürich”
  • South Azerbaijani: “زوریخ”
  • Spanish: “Cantón de Zúrich”
  • Spanish: “ZH”
  • Spanish: “Zurich”
  • Spanish: “Zúrich”
  • Swahili: “Jimbo la Zürich”
  • Swedish: “Zürich”
  • Swedish: “Zürichs kanton”
  • Swiss German: “Kanton Züri”
  • Tajik: “кантони Сюрих”
  • Tajik: “кантони Тсюрих”
  • Tajik: “Сюрих (кантон)”
  • Tajik: “Тсюрих”
  • Tamil: “கான்டோன் ஆப் சூரிச்”
  • Tatar: “Цюрих кантоны”
  • Telugu: “కాంటన్ ఆఫ్ జ్యూరిక్”
  • Thai: “รัฐซือริช”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Kanton Zürich”
  • Turkish: “canton de Zurich”
  • Turkish: “Turicensis”
  • Turkish: “Turitg”
  • Turkish: “ZH”
  • Turkish: “Zurich”
  • Turkish: “Zurigo”
  • Turkish: “Zürih (kanton)”
  • Turkish: “Zürih kantonu”
  • Turkish: “Zürih”
  • Ukrainian: “Цюрих”
  • Urdu: “کینٹن زیورخ”
  • Venetian: “Canton Zurigo”
  • Vietnamese: “Liên bang Zürich”
  • Vietnamese: “ZH”
  • Vietnamese: “Zürich”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Zürich”
  • Welsh: “Zürich”
  • Western Panjabi: “زیورچ”
  • Wu Chinese: “苏黎世州”
  • Yue Chinese: “蘇黎世州”

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Notable Places Nearby

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