Oberglatt

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Oberglatt

Total population

6,789

Coordinates47.48°, 8.52°

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

Overview

Oberglatt is a municipality in the district of Dielsdorf in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, and belongs to the Glatt Valley. Zurich Airport is partially in Oberglatt.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

R

Roland Meier

Swiss cyclist

Paul Zweifel

German gynecologist (1848-1927)

R

Romano Lemm

Swiss ice hockey player

Katrin Müller

freestyle skier

H

Heinz Stettler

Swiss bobsledder (1952-2006)

K

Karl Frei

gymnast (1917-2011)

David Sesa

Swiss footballer

Marco Bührer

Swiss ice hockey player

T

Therry Brunner

Swiss snowboarder

B

Benjamin Baumgartner

Swiss bicycle racer

C

Chris Reece

Swiss composer, songwriter, DJ and record producer

Lügner

Swiss singer

P

Peter Baumgartner

Swiss cinematographer (1939–2021)

G

Gustav Däniker

Swiss military officer and arms industrialist (1896-1947)

R

Rolf Binder

(1929-2016)

K

Karin Lanz

Swiss actress and television presenter

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

Nearby places in Zurich

• Hofstetten
  0.7 mi away · pop. 1,860
• Niederhasli
  1.6 mi away · pop. 9,085
• Winkel
  1.9 mi away · pop. 4,237
• Rümlang
  1.9 mi away · pop. 7,752
• Höri
  2.2 mi away · pop. 2,639
• Bülach
  3 mi away · pop. 19,342
• Dielsdorf
  3.1 mi away · pop. 5,917
• Hochfelden
  3.2 mi away · pop. 1,989
• Neerach
  3.3 mi away · pop. 2,366
• Adlikon b. Regensdorf
  3.3 mi away
• Steinmaur
  3.4 mi away · pop. 2,742
• Kloten
  3.5 mi away · pop. 18,412

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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

Wayfaring-tree

Viburnum lantana

Seen 2026-10-16

Blackthorn

Prunus spinosa

Seen 2026-10-16

great horsetail

Equisetum telmateia

Seen 2026-10-15

European beech

Fagus sylvatica

Seen 2026-10-15

European holly

Ilex aquifolium

Seen 2026-10-15

Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth

Macroglossum stellatarum

Seen 2026-10-15

European Harvestman

Phalangium opilio

Seen 2026-10-15

Common Tansy

Tanacetum vulgare

Seen 2026-10-15

Mediterranean Spiny False Wolf Spider

Zoropsis spinimana

Seen 2026-10-15

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

Official Identifiers