Bülach District
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district of the canton of Zürich, Switzerland
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Within Vinony's link graph, Bülach District is referenced by 55 other articles, and connects out to Canton of Zurich, list of municipalities of the canton of Zürich and Switzerland.
The entry is geolocated on the map in ZH.
It is catalogued under the topic Districts of the canton of Zurich.
Its subject is documented across 36 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- Switzerland
- Canton
- Zürich
- Capital
- Bülach
- Total
- 185.19 km (71.50 sq mi)
- Density
- 847.2/km (2,194/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Bezirk Bülach
- Population
- 117000
- Area
- 185.19
- Elevation
- 564
- Licence plate code
- ZH
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- Commons category
- Bülach (district)
- native label
- Bülach
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Encyclopedic overview
47°40′N 8°34′E / 47.667°N 8.567°E / 47.667; 8.567 Bülach District (Bezirk Bülach) is one of 12 districts of the Canton of Zürich in Switzerland, with some 117,000 inhabitants it is the third largest in the canton. Its administrative capital is Bülach, and the largest municipality in the district is Kloten, the location of Zurich Airport. It includes the Rafzerfeld north of the Rhine, with Rafz, Wil, Hüntwangen and Wasterkingen.
The territory of Bülach has been controlled by Zürich since 1409, the remaining parts followed in the later 15th century (Eglisau 1496), with the exception of the Rafzerfeld, which was acquired by Zürich in 1651.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bülach District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.