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Uster

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Also known as Riedikon, Nänikon, Winikon-Gschwader, Wermatswil, Winikon ZH, Freudwil, Nossikon, Werrikon

Uster (; , ) is a town and the capital of the Uster District in the Swiss canton of Zürich.

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Uster is a town located in the Swiss canton of Zürich, where it serves as the administrative capital of the Uster District. It functions as an important regional center in this part of Switzerland.

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Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Uster
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality, town
Swiss town.image_photo
Uster - Kirchuster - Schloss Turm 2015-09-20 15-57-44.JPG
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Uster COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Uster Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton
Zürich
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-ZH
Swiss town.district
Uster
Swiss town.postal_code
8610
Swiss town.municipality_code
0198
Swiss town.area
28.56
Swiss town.elevation
462
Swiss town.website
www.uster.ch
Swiss town.mayor
Barbara Thalmann Stammbach
Swiss town.mayor_asof
July 2018
Swiss town.mayor_party
SPS
Swiss town.mayor_title
Stadtpräsidentin
Swiss town.list_of_mayors
List of mayors of Uster

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Uster
Population
36791
Area
28.49
Elevation
464
Official website
www.uster.ch
Image
Uster Panorama 2.JPG
Dialing code
044
Licence plate code
ZH
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Commons category
Uster
postal code
8613
external data available at URL
geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/198
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Uster (; , ) is a town and the capital of the Uster District in the Swiss canton of Zürich.

The importance of the town of Uster has grown considerably with the construction of the S-Bahn network of the Zürich Transport Network. With over 36,000 inhabitants, it is the third largest town in the canton and is one of the twenty largest towns in Switzerland. Along with Wetzikon, it forms one of the two centres of the Zürcher Oberland. Uster is located next to a lake, called Greifensee.

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