Bonstetten

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Bonstetten

Total population

5,260

Coordinates47.32°, 8.47°

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

Overview

Bonstetten is a village in the district of Affoltern in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Doris Leuthard

lawyer, politician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council (2006-2018)

Josef Lang

Swiss politician

T

Thomas Lambert

Olympic freestyle skier

A

Annalise Schweizer

Swiss politician

Urs Lehmann

Swiss alpine skier

Florian Jenni

Swiss chess grandmaster

D

Dietrich Wiederkehr

Swiss theologian

Johann Heinrich Fischer

Swiss politician (1790-1861)

E

Ernst Brunner

Swiss photographer (1901-1979)

U

Ueli Mooser

Swiss folk musician, composer

Hans Bachmann

Swiss hydrologist and biologist (1866-1940)

G

Gottlieb Käppeli

Swiss politician (1840-1909)

L

Leonz Fischer

Swiss politician (1874-1953)

J

Jakob Job

Swiss author (1891-1973)

A

Albert Räber

Swiss politician (1901-1990)

Alfred Kleiner

Swiss physicist (1849-1916)

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

Nearby places in Zurich

• Stallikon
  1.3 mi away · pop. 3,438
• Hedingen
  1.4 mi away · pop. 3,655
• Wettswil
  1.7 mi away · pop. 5,105
• Aesch ZH
  2 mi away · pop. 1,198
• Zwillikon
  2.5 mi away · pop. 1,081
• Landikon
  2.6 mi away
• Adliswil
  2.7 mi away · pop. 15,822
• Birmensdorf
  3 mi away · pop. 6,235
• Aeugst am Albis
  3.4 mi away · pop. 1,972
• Kilchberg
  3.7 mi away · pop. 8,077
• Langnau
  3.8 mi away · pop. 7,449
• Uitikon
  3.9 mi away · pop. 4,107

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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 Bonstetten

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Common Merganser

Mergus merganser

Seen 2026-10-09

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Seen 2026-10-09

Variegated Lady Beetle

Hippodamia variegata

Seen 2026-10-09

Common Drone Fly

Eristalis tenax

Seen 2026-10-09

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Seen 2026-10-09

Alpine Newt

Mesotriton alpestris

Seen 2026-10-08

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

Seen 2026-10-08

Mediterranean Spiny False Wolf Spider

Zoropsis spinimana

Seen 2026-10-08

Western Common Buzzard

Buteo buteo buteo

Seen 2026-10-08

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

Official Identifiers