Vorort

See Tagsatzung for the meaning in historical Switzerland.

Vorort (plural: Vororte) is a German term for a populated area adjacent to a city. Vorort is roughly equivalent to a suburb as that term is understood in Britain and North America, but not in Australia and New Zealand, where a "suburb" of a city is necessarily within the city. Vororte usually have their own business centre. They are the remainders of formerly separate neighbour towns, or have been founded as satellite towns. The term is contrasted with Vorstadt, which describes a more densely populated area grown at the outline of a city centre.