Zurich District

Zurich District Bezirk Zürich
—  District  —
Coat of arms
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zürich
Capital	Zurich
Area
• Total	87.78 km2 (33.9 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2010)
• Total	372,047
• Density	4,238.4/km2 (10,977.4/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Municipalities	1

Zurich District is a district (German: Bezirk) of the Swiss canton of Zurich in Switzerland.

Contents 1 History 2 Municipalities (subdivisions) of the district of Zurich 3 See also 4 References

History

In 1814, the former district of Zurich has been established including the municipalities – «Landgemeinden des Bezirks Zürich» (country municipalities) – surrounding the old city of Zurich, the so-called Altstadt. The district of Zurich as it exists today, was created on July 1, 1989, by splitting the former district of Zurich into three parts:

• The western part became the district of Dietikon;
• the eastern part became the district (respectively city) of Zurich with its subdivisions;^[1]
• the municipality of Zollikon located east of Zurich was integrated into the district of Meilen.

Therefore, since July 1, 1989, the district of Zurich (SFOS number 0112) shares the same area as the city of Zurich (0261) with its subdivisions totalling 372,047 (as of 31 December 2010) inhabitants on an area of 87.78 km² (33.89 sq mi).

Municipalities (subdivisions) of the district of Zurich

Since 1893 respectively 1934 the city of Zurich as well as the district of Zurich are formed by the old city of Zurich (Altstadt) and by a total of 19 former politically independent municipalities:

See also

• Municipalities of the canton of Zurich

References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Districts of Canton Zürich Affoltern Andelfingen Bülach Dielsdorf Dietikon Hinwil Horgen Meilen Pfäffikon Uster Winterthur Zurich Districts of Switzerland Municipalities of the canton of Zurich

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