Opfikon
municipality in Switzerland
Opfikon is a municipality and city in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Opfikon  | |
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| Coordinates: 47°26′N 8°34′E / 47.433°N 8.567°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Zurich |
| District | Bülach |
| Government | |
| • Executive | Stadtrat with 7 members |
| • Mayor | Stadtpräsident Paul Remund FDP/PRD (as of March 2014) |
| • Parliament | Gemeinderat with 36 members |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.61 km2 (2.17 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 459 m (1,506 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
| • Total | 20,356 |
| • Density | 3,600/km2 (9,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 8152 |
| SFOS number | 0066 |
| Localities | Opfikon, Glattbrugg, Oberhausen |
| Surrounded by | Kloten, Wallisellen, Zürich, Rümlang |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Villages
changeOpfikon, Glattbrugg and Oberhausen.
Economy
changeAdecco S.A., the world's largest employment agency, is headquartered in Glattbrugg.
Gallery
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Opfikon -
Glattbrugg -
Adecco
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ↑ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
Other websites
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Media related to Opfikon at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website of the town of Opfikon (in German)
- Opfikon in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
