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Kloten
Total population
18,412
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
Kloten is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, and belongs to the Glatt Valley.
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History
Kloten is first mentioned in 1155 as Chlotun.
Geography
Kloten is located in the Glatt Valley, some north of the city of Zürich. It is the nearest village to Zurich Airport, and the airport terminal and much of the airfield are within the municipal boundaries. Kloten has an area of . Of this area, 34.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 26.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 38.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
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
- Opfikon1.4 mi away · pop. 18,482
- Glattbrugg1.7 mi away
- Birchwil2.3 mi away
- Dietlikon2.5 mi away · pop. 7,605
- Wallisellen2.5 mi away · pop. 15,603
- Rümlang2.6 mi away · pop. 7,752
- Lufingen2.6 mi away · pop. 2,066
- Oberwil2.7 mi away
- Baltenswil2.9 mi away
- Nürensdorf2.9 mi away · pop. 4,475
- Brüttisellen2.9 mi away
- Oberembrach2.9 mi away · pop. 1,066
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 Kloten
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 62
- Population (Wikidata)
- 19,362
- Wikidata
- Q68165
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • 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