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Rüschlikon
Zurichvillage
Rüschlikon
Total population
5,664
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Rüschlikon is a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. It is located on the west shore of Lake Zürich.
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History
Earliest archaeological findings are grave mounds from the early Iron Age Hallstatt culture (800-450BC) on the Zimmerberg mountain. The name of Rüschlikon is Alemannic and first appears in documents around 1153 as Ruoslinchoven. The CEO of commodities company Glencore, Ivan Glasenberg, is a resident of Rüschlikon. Glasenberg paid 360 million SFr (£240m) in taxes to Rüschlikon following Glencore's flotation on the London Stock Exchange. The money enabled the residents to cut their taxation rate by 7%, which was approved by large majority after a public vote. The money attracted criticism from some Rüschlikon residents with regards to Glencore's alleged controversial business practices. The finance director of nearby Winterthur village council, which is due to receive a large proportion of the money via a system that diverts funds to the poorest villages said that "I am not really happy about this money. I can't ignore who is actually paying the price for this and I don't like the fact that a few commodity traders make billions while the people in the producing countries remain bitterly poor."
Geography
Rüschlikon has an area of . Of this area, 20.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 23.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 55.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 41.5% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (13.3%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 1% of the area. 44.2% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. Rüschlikon is bordered on the north by Kilchberg, on the east by Lake Zürich, on the south by Thalwil, and on the west by Adliswil and Langnau am Albis. A steep slope rises from lake Zürich towards the Zimmerberg and, at its peak, the hill called Chopf, then slopes down towards the river Sihl. Although mostly a dormitory town for Zürich, Rüschlikon has a very small but characteristic town center, parks by the lake and considerable wooded areas and farms, mostly in the hills. The farms include cattle, horses, sheep, and a few exotic animals, as well as areas under cultivation.
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
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Notable people from here
Nearby places in Zurich
- Thalwil1 mi away · pop. 17,729
- Kilchberg1.1 mi away · pop. 8,077
- Adliswil1.4 mi away · pop. 15,822
- Langnau1.6 mi away · pop. 7,449
- Oberrieden2.3 mi away · pop. 5,027
- Zollikon2.3 mi away · pop. 12,744
- Herrliberg3 mi away · pop. 6,289
- Stallikon3.3 mi away · pop. 3,438
- Feldmeilen3.7 mi away
- Zumikon3.7 mi away · pop. 5,168
- Horgen3.8 mi away · pop. 22,514
- Bonstetten4.1 mi away · pop. 5,260
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Books about Rüschlikon
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Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 139
- Population (Wikidata)
- 5,830
- Wikidata
- Q66819
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Elevation
- • 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