Benken ZH

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Benken ZH

Total population

859

Coordinates47.65°, 8.65°

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

Overview

Benken is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Ferdinand Keller

Swiss archaeologist (1800-1881)

Elias Landolt

Swiss forester (1821-1896)

R

Reto Hug

triathlete

A

Aegid von Waldkirch

Ferdinand Kübler

Swiss racing cyclist (1919–2016)

David Sprüngli

Swiss chocolatier (1776-1862)

Ernst Uehli

Swiss writer (1875-1959)

Hans Heinrich Bürkli

(1647-1730)

Hans Jacob Ulrich

painter from Switzerland (1798-1877)

U

Ursula Eggli

Swiss writer (1944-2008)

Alfred Baur

Swiss art collector (1865-1951)

Jacob Manz

Swiss-American engraver (1837-1916)

Otto Bretscher

Swiss politician (1911-2000)

E

Erich Spahn

Swiss cyclist (1948-2009)

D

David Hablützel

Swiss snowboarder

M

Marie Salomé Spehner-Bénézit

French painter (1870-1950)

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

Nearby places in Zurich

• Wildensbuch
  1 mi away
• Rudolfingen
  1.3 mi away
• Uhwiesen
  1.5 mi away
• Marthalen
  1.9 mi away · pop. 1,803
• Dachsen
  2 mi away · pop. 1,986
• Langwiesen
  2.2 mi away
• Oerlingen
  2.2 mi away
• Trullikon
  2.2 mi away · pop. 989
• Rheinau
  2.5 mi away · pop. 1,300
• Flurlingen
  2.5 mi away · pop. 1,404
• Feuerthalen
  2.6 mi away · pop. 3,848
• Alten
  3.8 mi away

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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.

Recently spotted species

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

Seen 2026-10-10

Common Slowworm

Anguis fragilis

Seen 2026-10-09

Tripe Fungus

Auricularia mesenterica

Seen 2026-10-07

maidenhair spleenwort

Asplenium trichomanes

Seen 2026-10-07

Linden shield lichen

Parmelina tiliacea

Seen 2026-10-07

turkey-tail

Trametes versicolor

Seen 2026-10-07

European ash

Fraxinus excelsior

Seen 2026-10-06

Niger

Guizotia abyssinica

Seen 2026-10-06

Eurasian Coot

Fulica atra

Seen 2026-10-06

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