Volken

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Volken

Total population

339

Elevation406 m

Land area3.2 km²

Coordinates47.57°, 8.63°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Volken is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

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

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Hans Rutschmann

Swiss politician

Billy Meier

Swiss author and founder of FIGU Organization

Ralph Kunz

Swiss theologian

Benjamin Plüss

Swiss ice hockey player

Sarah Meier

Swiss figure skater

Reto Berra

Swiss ice hockey goaltender

A

Adolf Meyer

Swiss engineer (1880-1965)

Patrik Bärtschi

Swiss ice hockey player

Nicola Spirig

Olympic triathlete

A

Andreas Baumann

Swiss athletics competitor

Rolf Feltscher

Venezuelan association football player

Louis Pfenninger

Swiss cyclist

Martin Plüss

Swiss ice hockey player

K

Karl Elsener

Swiss footballer (1934–2010)

Frank Feltscher

Venezuelan footballer

E

Ercüment Şahin

Turkish association football player (born 1968)

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

Nearby places in Zurich

• Berg am Irchel
  1.4 mi away · pop. 573
• Gräslikon
  1.5 mi away
• Buch am Irchel
  1.8 mi away · pop. 728
• Alten
  2 mi away
• Humlikon
  2.1 mi away · pop. 504
• Hünikon (Neftenbach)
  2.6 mi away
• Henggart
  2.8 mi away · pop. 2,250
• Andelfingen
  2.9 mi away · pop. 1,860
• Adlikon b. Andelfingen
  3.1 mi away · pop. 587
• Teufen ZH
  3.2 mi away
• Kleinandelfingen
  3.3 mi away · pop. 1,821
• Aesch (Neftenbach)
  3.4 mi away

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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.

Books about Volken

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Common Slowworm

Anguis fragilis

Seen 2026-10-09

Cross Orbweaver

Araneus diadematus

Seen 2026-10-07

Sulphur Tuft

Hypholoma fasciculare

Seen 2026-10-07

Tripe Fungus

Auricularia mesenterica

Seen 2026-10-07

maidenhair spleenwort

Asplenium trichomanes

Seen 2026-10-07

Linden shield lichen

Parmelina tiliacea

Seen 2026-10-07

turkey-tail

Trametes versicolor

Seen 2026-10-07

Niger

Guizotia abyssinica

Seen 2026-10-06

Eurasian Coot

Fulica atra

Seen 2026-10-06

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

Official Identifiers