Affoltern am Albis

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Affoltern am Albis

Total population

11,363

Elevation494 m

Land area10.56 km²

Coordinates47.28°, 8.45°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Affoltern am Albis is a town and a municipality in the district of Affoltern in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Johann Balthasar Bullinger

Swiss landscape painter (1713-1793)

T

Thomas Lambert

Olympic freestyle skier

R

Reto Götschi

Swiss bobsledder

W

Wilhelm Scheuchzer

Swiss artist (1803–1866)

E

Ernst Brunner

Swiss photographer (1901-1979)

U

Ueli Mooser

Swiss folk musician, composer

H

Heiri Leuthold

Swiss geographer (1967-2009)

J

Jakob Job

Swiss author (1891-1973)

Johann Jakob Hottinger

Swiss author

T

Theo Hotz

Swiss architect (1928-2018)

Urs Aeberhand

Swiss bobsledder

E

Eugen Corrodi von Elfenau

(1897-1980)

A

Adam Näf

(1495-1571)

S

Shani Tarashaj

Swiss association football player

M

Max Neuenschwander

Swiss association football player

B

Burkhardt Reber

botanist (1848-1926)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Zurich

• Zwillikon
  1.2 mi away · pop. 1,081
• Hedingen
  1.4 mi away · pop. 3,655
• Aeugst am Albis
  1.8 mi away · pop. 1,972
• Bonstetten
  2.7 mi away · pop. 5,260
• Maschwanden
  3.2 mi away · pop. 638
• Knonau
  3.7 mi away · pop. 1,445
• Stallikon
  3.8 mi away · pop. 3,438
• Langnau
  4 mi away · pop. 7,449
• Aesch ZH
  4.1 mi away · pop. 1,198
• Adliswil
  4.1 mi away · pop. 15,822
• Wettswil
  4.3 mi away · pop. 5,105
• Hausen am Albis
  4.5 mi away · pop. 3,040

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Affoltern am Albis

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Wayfaring-tree

Viburnum lantana

Seen 2026-10-16

Blackthorn

Prunus spinosa

Seen 2026-10-16

great horsetail

Equisetum telmateia

Seen 2026-10-15

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

Coccinella septempunctata

Seen 2026-10-15

Red Clover

Trifolium pratense

Seen 2026-10-15

greater plantain

Plantago major

Seen 2026-10-15

common dandelion

Taraxacum officinale

Seen 2026-10-15

Variegated Lady Beetle

Hippodamia variegata

Seen 2026-10-15

Mediterranean Spiny False Wolf Spider

Zoropsis spinimana

Seen 2026-10-15

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers