Volketswil
Volketswil is a municipality in the district of Uster in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. The municipality in the agglomeration of Zurich includes the villages of Volketswil, Hegnau, Zimikon, Kindhausen and Gutenswil.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 18,400 residents
- Description: municipality in Switzerland
- Also known as: “Volketswil / Volketswil (Dorf)” and “Volketswil ZH”
- Postal code: 8604
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bruder Klaus and Schwerzenbach railway station.
Schwerzenbach railway station
Railway station
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Schwerzenbach is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Zurich. It is situated in the municipality of Schwerzenbach on the Wallisellen–Uster–Rapperswil line. Schwerzenbach railway station is situated 2½ km west of Volketswil.
Illnau railway station
Railway station
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Illnau is a railway station in the municipality of Illnau-Effretikon in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. The station, which takes its name from the village of Illnau, is located on the Effretikon to Hinwil railway line, within fare zone 122 of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund. Illnau railway station is situated 3 km northeast of Volketswil.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bisikon and Greifensee.
Bisikon
Village
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Bisikon is a village, which is situated 2½ km north of Volketswil.
Greifensee
Village
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Uster is a city near Zurich, Switzerland. Uster lies 350m above sea level, so it is just in the winter snow. Greifensee is situated 3 km south of Volketswil.
Schwerzenbach
Village
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Schwerzenbach is a municipality in the district of Uster in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, and belongs to the Glatt Valley. The municipality was first mentioned in year 1064 as Swerzenbach. Schwerzenbach is situated 3 km west of Volketswil.
Volketswil
- Categories: municipality of Switzerland, city of Switzerland, and locality
- Location: Volketswil, Uster District, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.38986° or 47° 23′ 24″ northLongitude
8.6905° or 8° 41′ 26″ eastPopulation
18,400Elevation
470 metres (1,542 feet)United Nations Location Code
CH VKIOpen location code
8FVC9MQR+W6OpenStreetMap ID
node 100967525OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Volketswil” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فولكيتسفيل”
- Basque: “Volketswil”
- Breton: “Volketswil”
- Catalan: “Volketswil”
- Cebuano: “Volketswil (munisipyo sa Swisa)”
- Cebuano: “Volketswil / Volketswil”
- Cebuano: “Volketswil”
- Chinese: “Volketswil”
- Chinese: “沃克茨維爾”
- Chinese: “沃克茨维尔”
- Chuvash: “Фолькетсвиль”
- Czech: “Volketswil”
- Dutch: “Volketswil”
- Esperanto: “Gutenswil”
- Esperanto: “Hegnau”
- Esperanto: “Kindhausen ZH”
- Esperanto: “Volketswil”
- Esperanto: “Zimikon”
- Finnish: “Volketswil”
- French: “Volketswil”
- German: “Gutenswil”
- German: “Hegnau”
- German: “Kindhausen ZH”
- German: “Volketswil (Dorf)”
- German: “Volketswil”
- German: “Zimikon”
- Hungarian: “Volketswil”
- Irish: “Volketswil”
- Italian: “Volketswil”
- Japanese: “フォルケッツヴィール”
- Kazakh: “Фолькетсвиль”
- Kurdish: “Volketswil”
- Lombard: “Volketswil”
- Malay: “Volketswil”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Volketswil”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Volketswil”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Volketswil”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Volketswil”
- Persian: “ولکه ویل”
- Piemontese: “Volketswil”
- Polish: “Volketswil”
- Portuguese: “Volketswil”
- Russian: “Фолькетсвиль”
- South Azerbaijani: “ولکه ویل”
- Spanish: “Volketswil”
- Swedish: “Volketswil”
- Swiss German: “Volketschwiil”
- Tosk Albanian: “Volketswil”
- Turkish: “Volketswil”
- Ukrainian: “Фолькетсвіль”
- Upper Sorbian: “Volketswil”
- Uzbek: “Folketsvil”
- Uzbek: “Volketswil”
- Uzbek: “Фолкетсвил”
- Venetian: “Volketswil”
- Volapük: “Volketswil”
- Waray (Philippines): “Volketswil”
- Welsh: “Volketswil”
- “Volketswil”
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