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Oberweningen

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Oberweningen

Total population

1,796

Elevation465 m
Land area4.94 km²
Coordinates47.50°, 8.41°

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

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City facts

Elevation
465 m
Area
4.94 km²
Official website
www.oberweningen.ch

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Oberweningen is a municipality in the district of Dielsdorf in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

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History & geography

History

Oberweningen is first mentioned around 1096-1111 as Waningen. In 1291 it was mentioned as Oberenweningen.

Geography

Oberweningen has an area of . Of this area, 35% is used for agricultural purposes, while 55.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is made up scattered farm houses and single family homes between the Lägern ridge and the Egg forest (Eggwald) in the Wehntal.

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Geography

Latitude
47.5013
Longitude
8.4057
Water area
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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

P
Peter Höfler
Raphael Zehnder
Raphael Zehnder
Swiss journalist
U
Uli Behringer
Swiss musician and audio engineer
F
Fridolin Eggert
U
Urs von Egeri
J
Jürg Jaberg
C
Carl Jeuch
G
Gertrud Hedinger
E
Eugen Hasenfratz
M
Meinrad Keller
H
Hermann Maltry
T
Thomas Kuhn
S
Stefan Meier
S
Susanne Muller
D
Daniel Müller
H
Hubertus Spörri

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

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
3.4
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,240

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

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Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
61
Avg daily Wikipedia views
2
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Oberweningen

Oberweningen und Schleinikon
Beat Horisberger · 2012

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Official Identifiers

BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office

BFS-Nr
93
Population (Wikidata)
1,797
Wikidata
Q70264

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