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Winterthur

Also known as Winterthur ZH

Winterthur (; ) is a city in the canton of Zurich in northern Switzerland. With over 120,000 residents, it is the country's sixth-largest city by population, as well as its ninth-largest agglomeration with about 140,000 inhabitants. Located about northeast of Zurich, Winterthur is a service and high-tech industrial satellite city within Zurich Metropolitan Area.

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Winterthur is Switzerland's sixth-largest city, located in the canton of Zurich with a population of over 120,000 residents. It functions as a service and high-tech industrial center within the greater Zurich metropolitan area, positioned northeast of the capital.

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Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Winterthur
Swiss town.image_caption: Clockwise from top: old town with Stadtkirche, Stadthaus fountain and Altstadtschulhaus, Steinberggasse in the old town, Stadthaus
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality, town
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Winterthur Flag.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: Wappen Winterthur.svg
Swiss town.canton: Zurich
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-ZH
Swiss town.district: Winterthur
Swiss town.postal_code: 8400, 8404, 8405, 8406, 8408, 8409, 8404 Stadel (Winterthur), 8404 Reutlingen (Winterthur), 8310 Kempthal, 8352 Ricketwil (Winterthur), 8482 Sennhof (Winterthur), 8542 Wiesendangen, 8545 Rickenbach Sulz
Swiss town.municipality_code: 0230
Swiss town.area: 68.07
Swiss town.elevation: 439
Swiss town.elevation_description: Bahnhofplatz
Swiss town.highest: Hulmen
Swiss town.highest_m: 687
Swiss town.lowest: Kläranlage Hard
Swiss town.lowest_m: 393
Swiss town.mayor: Michael Künzle

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Official website

Stadt Winterthur

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Encyclopedic overview

33 sections

Contents

History
Geography
Topography
Area
Politics
Subdivisions
Government
Parliament
National elections
National Council
International relations
Twin towns
Namesake
Demographics
Economy
Education
Transport
Tourism
Culture
Architecture
Music
Arts
Open Doors
Sport
Notable people
1800–1850
1851–1900
1901–1950
1951–2000
Notes and references
Notes
References
External links

The official language of Winterthur is German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect, Zurich German. Winterthur is usually abbreviated as Winti in the local dialect and by its inhabitants.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Winterthur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.