Winterthur District
District
Native nameBezirk Winterthur
CantonZürich
CapitalWinterthur
Area total251.25 km²
Time zoneCET (UTC+1)
Time zone (DST)CEST (UTC+2)
Municipalities19

Winterthur District is one of the twelve districts of the German-speaking canton of Zürich, Switzerland. It has a population of (as of ). Its capital is the city of Winterthur.

Municipalities

Winterthur District contains a total of 19 municipalities:

Coat of armsMunicipalityPopulation
()
Area, km2
Altikon7.68
Brütten6.67
Dägerlen7.90
Dättlikon2.87
Dinhard7.15
Elgg15.53
Ellikon an der Thur4.92
Elsau8.06
Hagenbuch8.17
Hettlingen5.87
Neftenbach14.95
Pfungen4.99
Rickenbach6.03
Schlatt9.03
Seuzach7.56
Turbenthal25.07
Wiesendangen
Winterthur67.93
Zell12.70
Total'251.25

Mergers

On 1 January 2014 the former municipality of Bertschikon merged into the municipality of Wiesendangen.[1]

On 1 January 2018 the former municipality of Hofstetten merged into the municipality of Elgg.

See also

References

  1. ^ Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz (in German) accessed 13 December 2014