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Rümlang
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Rümlang
Total population
7,752
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Rümlang 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 located in Rümlang.
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Geography
Rümlang has an area of . Of this area, 51.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 22.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 23.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.7%) 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
Most-observed species
- European roe deerCapreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia37,850
- Annual FleabaneErigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida21,874
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta20,323
- red foxVulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia16,087
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta12,034
- Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens DC. · Magnoliopsida9,598
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves9,422
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus (Zetterstedt, 1821) · Insecta8,517
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 3.7 — 2026-04-264 km N of Quarten, Switzerland
- M 3.5 — 2024-06-271 km SSW of Todtmoos, Germany
- M 4.2 — 2024-06-042 km NNW of Unteriberg, Switzerland
- M 3.9 — 2022-09-101 km WSW of Zimmersheim, France
- M 3.8 — 2022-09-012 km WSW of Sevelen, Switzerland
- M 4 — 2020-10-255 km ESE of Ennenda, Switzerland
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in Zurich
- Oberglatt1.9 mi away · pop. 6,789
- Glattbrugg2.1 mi away
- Hofstetten2.3 mi away · pop. 1,860
- Kloten2.6 mi away · pop. 18,412
- Adlikon b. Regensdorf3 mi away
- Winkel3.1 mi away · pop. 4,237
- Niederglatt3.1 mi away · pop. 4,751
- Nöschikon3.5 mi away · pop. 1,100
- Bachenbülach3.8 mi away · pop. 4,026
- Höri4 mi away · pop. 2,639
- Lufingen4.1 mi away · pop. 2,066
- Dielsdorf4.1 mi away · pop. 5,917
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 this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 97
- Population (Wikidata)
- 7,929
- Wikidata
- Q67894
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771