Canton of Zurich
Zürich District
Zurich

Affoltern

Affoltern is a quarter in district 11 in Zürich, located in the Glatt Valley. Affoltern has about 17,200 residents.
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  • Type: Suburb with 17,200 residents
  • Description: quarter of the city of Zurich, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Affoltern (Quarter Zürich)”, “Zuerich (Kreis 11) / Affoltern”, and “Zürich (Kreis 11) / Affoltern”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Zehntenhausplatz and Zurich Affoltern railway station.

Square
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is a square.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the Affoltern quarter of the city of . The station is located on the Wettingen–Effretikon railway line within fare zone 110 of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund.

Cemetery
Photo: Charly Bernasconi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Katzenrüti and Höngg.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Suburb
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is a quarter in district 10 in Zürich. It was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zürich in 1934. As of 2024, the quarter has a population of 24,810, distributed across an area of 6.98 km2.

Suburb
is a quarter in the northern part of the city of , . A formerly independent municipality, was merged with Zürich in 1934 and forms today, together with Affoltern and Seebach, the city . is situated 3 km east of Affoltern.

Affoltern

Latitude
47.41876° or 47° 25′ 8″ north
Longitude
8.50719° or 8° 30′ 26″ east
Population
17,200
Elevation
466 metres (1,529 feet)
Open location code
8FVCCG94+GV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 525885695
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
6295484
Wiki­data ID
Q382903
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Upper Sorbian—“Affoltern” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Zürich”
  • Dutch: “Affoltern bei Zuerich”
  • Dutch: “Affoltern bei Zurich”
  • Dutch: “Affoltern bei Zürich”
  • Dutch: “Affoltern”
  • Finnish: “Affoltern”
  • French: “Affoltern”
  • German: “Affoltern bei Zürich”
  • German: “Affoltern”
  • Irish: “Affoltern”
  • Italian: “Affoltern”
  • Japanese: “アフォルテン (チューリッヒ)”
  • Japanese: “アフォルテン”
  • Latin: “Affoltern”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Affoltern”
  • Spanish: “Affoltern”
  • Turkish: “Affoltern”
  • Ukrainian: “Аффольтерн”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Affoltern”

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Notable Places Nearby

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Affoltern”. Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.