Winterthur District

District in Switzerland

Winterthur District

Bezirk Winterthur

District

Country|  Switzerland
Canton|  Zürich
Capital| Winterthur
Area

• Total

| 251.25 km2 (97.01 sq mi)
Population

(31 December 2020)

• Total

| 173,053
• Density| 690/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities| 19

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 173,053 (as of 31 December 2020). Its capital is the city of Winterthur.

## Municipalities

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Winterthur District contains a total of 19 municipalities:

Coat of arms  | Municipality  | Population
(31 December 2020)[1] | Area, km2

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|
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| Altikon | 701  | 7.68
| Brütten | 2,063  | 6.67
| Dägerlen | 1,037  | 7.90
| Dättlikon | 797  | 2.87
| Dinhard | 1,741  | 7.15
| Elgg | 4,960  | 15.53
| Ellikon an der Thur | 936  | 4.92
| Elsau | 3,657  | 8.06
| Hagenbuch | 1,095  | 8.17
| Hettlingen | 3,101  | 5.87
| Neftenbach | 5,756  | 14.95
| Pfungen | 3,948  | 4.99
| Rickenbach | 2,796  | 6.03
| Schlatt | 779  | 9.03
| Seuzach | 7,420  | 7.56
| Turbenthal | 4,983  | 25.07
| Wiesendangen | 6,633  | 19.17
| Winterthur | 114,220  | 67.93
| Zell | 6,430  | 12.70
Total |  | 173,053 | 251.25

## Mergers

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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

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* Municipalities of the canton of Zürich

## References

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1. ^ "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
2. ^ Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz (in German) accessed 13 December 2014

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