Volketswil

Sister cities

• Gadmen

Geography

Volketswil has an area of . Of this area, 42.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 24.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 32.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 22.4% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (9.9%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.2% of the area. 30.1% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

Most-observed species

• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  40,950
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  24,028
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  21,165
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  17,922
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  12,015
• Narrow-leaved Ragwort

  Senecio inaequidens DC. · Magnoliopsida
  9,873
• Butterfly-bush

  Buddleja davidii Franch. · Magnoliopsida
  9,845
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  8,794

Most recent

• M 3.7 — 2026-04-26
  4 km N of Quarten, Switzerland
• M 3.5 — 2024-06-27
  1 km SSW of Todtmoos, Germany
• M 4.2 — 2024-06-04
  2 km NNW of Unteriberg, Switzerland
• M 3.8 — 2022-09-01
  2 km WSW of Sevelen, Switzerland
• M 4 — 2020-10-25
  5 km ESE of Ennenda, Switzerland
• M 3.1 — 2018-05-04
  2 km W of Schliengen, Germany