Rapperswil-Jona
municipality in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland
Rapperswil-Jona (short: Rappi) is a municipality in See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is at the east side of Lake Zurich (Zürichsee). As of December 2016, 26,962 people lived there.
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Location of Rapperswil-Jona  | |
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| Coordinates: 47°13′N 8°49′E / 47.217°N 8.817°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | St. Gallen |
| District | See-Gaster |
| Government | |
| • Executive | Stadtrat with 7 members |
| • Mayor | Stadtpräsident (list) Martin Stoeckling CVP/PDC (as of February 2016) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 22.17 km2 (8.56 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 409 m (1,342 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
| • Total | 26,995 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 8640 |
| SFOS number | 3340 |
| Localities | Rapperswil, Jona, Bollingen, Busskirch, Curtiberg, Lenggis, Wagen, Wurmsbach |
| Surrounded by | Altendorf (SZ), Bubikon (ZH), Eschenbach, Freienbach (SZ), Hombrechtikon (ZH), Lachen (SZ), Rüti (ZH), Schmerikon, Tuggen (SZ), Wangen (SZ) |
| Twin towns | Aalborg (Denmark), Bagno di Romagna (Italy) |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
On 1 January 2007, the municipalities Rapperswil and Jona joined together to become the new municipality of Rapperswil-Jona.[3]
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.
- ↑ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 23 September 2009
Other websites
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Media related to Rapperswil-Jona at Wikimedia Commons
- Rapperswil-Jona (official site) (in German)
- Capuchin monastery (in German)
- University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil, HSR (university)
- A brief history of Rapperswil
- Bollingen in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- Busskirch in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- Jona in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- Kempraten in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- Rapperswil in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- Rapperswil-Jona in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
