Urdorf

Also known as Urdorf ZH

Urdorf is a municipality in the district of Dietikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, located in the Limmat Valley (German: Limmattal).

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Urdorf
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.image_photo: Schäfliwiese von Osten 2008.JPG
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Urdorf COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Urdorf Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton: Zurich
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-ZH
Swiss town.district: Dietikon
Swiss town.postal_code: 8902
Swiss town.municipality_code: 0250
Swiss town.area: 7.62
Swiss town.elevation: 416

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Urdorf is a municipality in the district of Dietikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, located in the Limmat Valley (German: Limmattal).

==Geography== thumb|left|Protestant church Urdorf thumb|left|Aerial view (1965) Urdorf has an area of . Of this area, 32.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 32.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 34.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 25.9% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (8.8%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.4% of the area. 26.2% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction. In 1931 Niederurdorf and Oberurdorf were excluded from the Zürich District to form the municipality of Urdorf.