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Bertschikon
Zurichvillage
Bertschikon
Total population
1,091
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City facts
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Overview
Bertschikon bei Attikon is a former municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipality of Bertschikon merged into the municipality of Wiesendangen.
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History
Bertschikon is first mentioned in 1255 as Bersinkon. The village of Gündlikon is first mentioned in 774 as Cundilinchova though the identification is debated. It is mentioned in 1162 as Gundilinchova. The municipality was created during the Helvetic Republic (1798–1803) though it wasn't fully established until 1882. It consists of seven old municipalities; Bertschikon, Gundetswil, Kefikon (Canton of Zürich portion only), Liebensberg, Stegen, Gündlikon and Zünikon.
Geography
Before the merger, Bertschikon had a total area of . Of this area, 68.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 20.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 10.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 4.3% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (6.8%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.1% of the area. 3.9% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. The municipality consists of over 30 villages, hamlets and individual houses along the border with the Canton of Thurgau.
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Nearby places in Zurich
- Gundetswil1.1 mi away
- Wiesendangen1.2 mi away · pop. 4,951
- Rickenbach Sulz1.4 mi away
- Elsau1.6 mi away · pop. 3,477
- Kefikon ZH1.7 mi away
- Schottikon1.8 mi away
- Unterschottikon1.8 mi away
- Räterschen2 mi away
- Dickbuch2.2 mi away
- Stadel2.5 mi away
- Ellikon an der Thur2.6 mi away · pop. 1,024
- Dinhard2.9 mi away · pop. 1,490
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- • Wikidata
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image