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Bülach
Total population
19,342
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Sister cities
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Bülach is a historic town and a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Zürich. It is the administrative capital of Bülach district. It is situated in the Glatt Valley to the east of the small river Glatt and about 4 km (2.5 mi) south of the High Rhine and about 6 km (3.7 mi) north of the Zurich Airport.
Read more on WikipediaHistory & geography
History
Bülach is first mentioned in 811 as Pulacha.
Geography
Bülach has an area of . Of this area, 33.2% is used for agricultural purposes, 39.5% is forested, 26.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). {| class="wikitable" |- ! year ! population |- | Late Middle Ages | less than 500 |- | 16-18th Centuries | about 1,000 |- | 1836 | 1,278 |- | 1850 | 1,545 |- | 1900 | 2,175 |- | 1920 | 3,239 |- | 1950 | 4,634 |- | 1970 | 11,043 |- | 2000 | 13,999 |- | 2005 | 14,815 |- | 2006 | 15,571 |- | 2008 | 16,589 |- | 2010 | 17,478 |- | January 2012 | 17,457 |- | May 2012 | 17,667 |- | 2023 | 23,593 |}
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
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
- Bachenbülach0.9 mi away · pop. 4,026
- Hochfelden1.2 mi away · pop. 1,989
- Winkel1.8 mi away · pop. 4,237
- Höri1.8 mi away · pop. 2,639
- Rorbas1.9 mi away · pop. 2,201
- Teufen ZH2.6 mi away
- Embrach2.6 mi away · pop. 9,143
- Hofstetten2.9 mi away · pop. 1,860
- Oberglatt3 mi away · pop. 6,789
- Lufingen3.1 mi away · pop. 2,066
- Neerach3.3 mi away · pop. 2,366
- Glattfelden3.5 mi away · pop. 4,945
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Bülach
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 53
- Population (Wikidata)
- 20,046
- Wikidata
- Q9093
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • iNaturalist
- • 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