Zurich District

For other uses, see Zurich (disambiguation).

Coordinates: 47°23′N 8°32′E / 47.383°N 8.533°E / 47.383; 8.533

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.

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

District building located at Badenerstrasse in 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:

Coat of arms	Former names of the municipalities	Merger (politics)	city districts
	Affoltern bei Zürich	1934	District 11
	Albisrieden	1934	District 9
	Altstetten	1934	District 9
	Aussersihl	1893	District 4 and District 5
	Enge	1893	District 2
	Fluntern	1893	District 7
	Hirslanden	1893	District 7
	Höngg	1934	District 10
	Hottingen	1893	District 7
	Oberstrass	1893	District 6
	Oerlikon	1934	District 11
	Riesbach	1893	District 8
	Schwamendingen	1934	District 12
	Seebach	1934	District 11
	Unterstrass	1893	District 6
	Wiedikon	1893	District 3
	Wipkingen	1893	District 10
	Witikon	1934	District 7
	Wollishofen	1893	District 2

See also

• Municipalities of the canton of Zurich

References

1. ^ The former 19 independent municipalities of 1893 and 1934, now called districts (German: Kreise), too, form the subdivisions of the city of Zurich. Their subdivisions are called quarters (German: Quartiere).

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.