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Volketswil

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Volketswil
Coat of arms of Volketswil
Location of Volketswil
Map
CountrySwitzerland
CantonZurich
DistrictUster
Government
 • MayorJean-Philippe Pinto [[List of political parties in Switzerland|CVP ]]
Area
 • Total14.0 km2 (5.4 sq mi)
Elevation
470 m (1,540 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[2]
 • Total18,663
 • Density1,300/km2 (3,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
8604
SFOS number0199
LocalitiesVolketswil, Hegnau, Zimikon, Kindhausen and Gutenswil
Surrounded byDübendorf, Fehraltorf, Greifensee, Illnau-Effretikon, Lindau, Schwerzenbach, Uster, Wangen-Brüttisellen
Twin townsGadmen (Switzerland)
Websitewww.volketswil.ch
SFSO statistics

Volketswil is a municipality of the district of Uster in the Swiss canton of Zurich.

Schwerzenbach and Volketswil as seen from Loorenkopf tower on Adlisberg

Villages

Volketswil, Hegnau, Zimikon, Kindhausen and Gutenswil.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

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