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Rümlang
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Also known as Rümlang ZH, Rumlang, Ruemlang

Rümlang is a municipality in the district of Dielsdorf in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, and belongs to the Glatt Valley (German: Glattal). Zurich Airport is partially located in Rümlang.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Rümlang
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.image_photo
Glatttal - Rümlang IMG 6892.jpg
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Rümlang COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Rümlang Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton
Zurich
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-ZH
Swiss town.district
Dielsdorf
Swiss town.postal_code
8153
Swiss town.municipality_code
0097
Swiss town.area
12.39
Swiss town.elevation
443
Swiss town.website
www.ruemlang.ch
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Kloten, Niederhasli, Oberglatt, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Winkel, Zurich

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Rümlang is a municipality in the district of Dielsdorf in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, and belongs to the Glatt Valley (German: Glattal). Zurich Airport is partially located in Rümlang.

==Geography== thumb|left|Katzenrüti in Rümlang thumb|Aerial view from 300 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1925) 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 Wikipedia’s “Rümlang” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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