Uster
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Uster is a town located in the Swiss canton of Zürich, where it serves as the administrative capital of the Uster District. It functions as an important regional center in this part of Switzerland.
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- Uster
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality, town
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Uster - Kirchuster - Schloss Turm 2015-09-20 15-57-44.JPG
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Uster COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Uster Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Zürich
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-ZH
- Swiss town.district
- Uster
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 8610
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 0198
- Swiss town.area
- 28.56
- Swiss town.elevation
- 462
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Uster (; , ) is a town and the capital of the Uster District in the Swiss canton of Zürich.
The importance of the town of Uster has grown considerably with the construction of the S-Bahn network of the Zürich Transport Network. With over 36,000 inhabitants, it is the third largest town in the canton and is one of the twenty largest towns in Switzerland. Along with Wetzikon, it forms one of the two centres of the Zürcher Oberland. Uster is located next to a lake, called Greifensee.