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Adliswil
Total population
15,822
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Adliswil is a town and a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
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History
Adliswil is first mentioned in 1050 as Adelenswile. In the second half of the 12th century, it was mentioned as Adololdiswile and in 1248 as Adeloswile. Under the Helvetic Republic, the hamlet of Buchenegg was transferred to the municipality of Stallikon. In 1893 the town sections of Oberleimbach and Sood were added to Adliswil.
Geography
Adliswil has an area of . Of this area, 23.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 32.1% is forested. The rest of the land, 42.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 32.6% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (10.4%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 1.7% of the area. 38.3% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. It is located in the region of Zimmerberg, within the valley of the river Sihl to the south of the city of Zürich, next to the localities of Kilchberg, Rüschlikon, Langnau am Albis and on the other hand Stallikon pertaining this to the district of Affoltern.
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Earthquake history
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Zurich
- Kilchberg1.2 mi away · pop. 8,077
- Rüschlikon1.4 mi away · pop. 5,664
- Langnau1.8 mi away · pop. 7,449
- Stallikon1.9 mi away · pop. 3,438
- Thalwil2.2 mi away · pop. 17,729
- Bonstetten2.7 mi away · pop. 5,260
- Zollikon3 mi away · pop. 12,744
- Wettswil3.1 mi away · pop. 5,105
- Erlenbach ZH3.2 mi away · pop. 5,542
- Oberrieden3.4 mi away · pop. 5,027
- Aeugst am Albis3.5 mi away · pop. 1,972
- Hedingen3.7 mi away · pop. 3,655
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
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Books about Adliswil
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Recent natural events nearby
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Recently spotted species
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Gallery
Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 131
- Population (Wikidata)
- 18,731
- Wikidata
- Q68210
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771