Winterthur District

Winterthur District Bezirk Winterthur
District
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Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zürich
Capital	Winterthur
Area
• Total	251.25 km2 (97.01 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2019)
• Total	171,551
• Density	680/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities	19

Coordinates: 47°30′N 8°46′E / 47.500°N 8.767°E / 47.500; 8.767 Winterthur District is one of the twelve districts of the German-speaking canton of Zürich, Switzerland. It has a population of 171,551 (as of 31 December 2019). Its capital is the city of Winterthur.

Municipalities[]

Winterthur District contains a total of 19 municipalities:

Coat of arms	Municipality	Population (31 December 2019)[1]	Area, km²
	Altikon	698	7.68
	Brütten	2,067	6.67
	Dägerlen	1,037	7.90
	Dättlikon	776	2.87
	Dinhard	1,684	7.15
	Elgg	4,942	15.53
	Ellikon an der Thur	901	4.92
	Elsau	3,647	8.06
	Hagenbuch	1,085	8.17
	Hettlingen	3,169	5.87
	Neftenbach	5,718	14.95
	Pfungen	3,900	4.99
	Rickenbach	2,749	6.03
	Schlatt	789	9.03
	Seuzach	7,440	7.56
	Turbenthal	4,883	25.07
	Wiesendangen	6,594	19.17
	Winterthur	113,173	67.93
	Zell	6,299	12.70
Total		171,551	251.25

Mergers[]

On 1 January 2014 the former municipality of Bertschikon merged into the municipality of Wiesendangen.^[2]

On 1 January 2018 the former municipality of Hofstetten merged into the municipality of Elgg.

See also[]

• Municipalities of the canton of Zürich

References[]