Risch
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Risch is a municipality in the canton of Zug in Switzerland. It is also promoted as Risch-Rotkreuz. Four villages (Rotkreuz, Risch, Buonas and Holzhäusern) belong to the municipality Risch. On 24 November 2007 it was decided to promote the municipality as Risch-Rotkreuz. The change was made because the village Rotkreuz has become much bigger than Risch.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Risch-Rotkreuz
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Risch.JPG
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Risch-Rotkreuz Flag.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- Wappen Risch Rotkreuz.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Zug
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-ZG
- Swiss town.district
- n.a.
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 6343
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 1707
- Swiss town.area
- 22.97
- Swiss town.elevation
- 429
- Swiss town.elevation_description
- Railway station Rotkreuz
- Swiss town.website
- www.rischrotkreuz.ch
- Swiss town.places
- Rotkreuz, Risch, Buonas, Holzhäusern
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Cham, Dietwil (AG), Honau (LU), Hünenberg, Küssnacht (SZ), Meierskappel (LU), Oberrüti (AG), Root (LU), Zug
- Swiss town.twintowns
- Risch: Amaroni (Italy)
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Risch
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Canton of Zug
- Official language
- Swiss High German
- Population
- 10857
- Area
- 14.86
- Elevation
- 442
- Body of water
- Lake Zug
- Official website
- www.zg.ch/behoerden/gemeinden/risch-rotkreuz
- Image
- Risch.JPG
- Dialing code
- 041
- Licence plate code
- ZG
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- postal code
- 6343
- Commons gallery
- Risch-Rotkreuz
- Commons category
- Risch-Rotkreuz
- twinned administrative body
- Amaroni
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/1707
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Risch is a municipality in the canton of Zug in Switzerland. It is also promoted as Risch-Rotkreuz. Four villages (Rotkreuz, Risch, Buonas and Holzhäusern) belong to the municipality Risch. On 24 November 2007 it was decided to promote the municipality as Risch-Rotkreuz. The change was made because the village Rotkreuz has become much bigger than Risch.
==Geography== thumb|left|View from the Rigi toward Risch and Rotkreuz The municipality is between the Lake of Zug and the river Reuss. In the south, the Rooterberg is a part of the municipality. Many little rivers and two little lakes flow in Risch-Rotkreuz. The municipality historically consists of the four villages of Risch, Buonas and Holzhäusern and Rotkreuz.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Risch” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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