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Affoltern

quarter of the city of Zurich, Switzerland
Place Former Municipality Of Switzerland Q382903

Facts

7 properties

Identity

Instance of
former municipality of Switzerland, statistical neighborhood of Zürich, neighborhood[7][8]

Location

Country
Switzerland[6]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 47.421°, 8.507°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
District 11, Zurich, Zürich District, Canton of Zurich[2][3][4][5]

Population and size

Elevation above sea level
+466
Population
27k (3.3k–27k, n=85)[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 18,122 · 18,084 · 3,347 · 3,379 · 3,386 GeoNames 17,241 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
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Vehicle registration plate code
ZH[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en Affoltern en Affoltern (Quarter Zürich) de Affoltern bei Zürich ja アフォルテン (チューリッヒ) nl Affoltern bei Zuerich nl Affoltern bei Zurich uk Аффольтерн
🔖 Identifiers · 13
VIAF cluster ID
123149517
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n80015445
GND ID
4536760-7
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Zürich - Affoltern - oberer Katzensee IMG 2309.JPG ↗
ArchINFORM location ID
50987
Freebase ID
/m/03h4vk7
GeoNames ID
6295484
HDS ID
003114
J9U entity ID
987007559498305171
OpenStreetMap relation ID
1702264
SPAP ID
p/3bff23eb-dbdc-44a7-9f3a-9fc181445f34
SwissNAMES3D ID
982D7777-7250-4A23-8420-17D3C52357AF
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Who's on First ID
1126095023
📚 Sources · 1
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Located in time zoneP421
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Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
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🔗 Connections
Located in the administrative territorial entity 4
Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Zürich District, District 11
Country 1
Switzerland
Instance of 1
neighborhood
← Contains the statistical territorial entity 1
District 11
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Summary

Affoltern is a former municipality of Switzerland[1].

Related Entities

Switzerland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . data.stadt-zuerich.ch. data.stadt-zuerich.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . data.stadt-zuerich.ch. data.stadt-zuerich.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . data.stadt-zuerich.ch. data.stadt-zuerich.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . data.stadt-zuerich.ch. data.stadt-zuerich.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . data.stadt-zuerich.ch. data.stadt-zuerich.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . data.stadt-zuerich.ch. data.stadt-zuerich.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . data.stadt-zuerich.ch. data.stadt-zuerich.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . data.stadt-zuerich.ch. data.stadt-zuerich.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . data.stadt-zuerich.ch. data.stadt-zuerich.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . data.stadt-zuerich.ch. data.stadt-zuerich.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . data.stadt-zuerich.ch. data.stadt-zuerich.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . data.stadt-zuerich.ch. data.stadt-zuerich.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . data.stadt-zuerich.ch. data.stadt-zuerich.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . data.stadt-zuerich.ch. data.stadt-zuerich.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → former municipality of Switzerland, statistical neighborhood of Zürich, neighborhood
    Elevation above sea level → 466 metre
    SwissNAMES3D ID → 982D7777-7250-4A23-8420-17D3C52357AF
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → District 11, Zurich, Zürich District +1
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: SwissNAMES3D ID: 982D7777-7250-4A23-8420-17D3C52357AF, swissNAMES3D ID from swisstopo data (swisstopo task)"
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