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Birmensdorf

municipality in Switzerland
Administrative Area Municipality Of Switzerland Q65282

Facts

18 properties

Identity

Instance of
municipality of Switzerland
Official website
www.birmensdorf.ch[16]
Official name
Birmensdorf (ZH)[36]

Location

Country
Switzerland[4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 47.354°, 8.438°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Dietikon District[3]
Shares border with
Aesch, Berikon, Oberwil-Lieli, Stallikon, Urdorf, Wettswil am Albis, Bonstetten[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Population and size

Area
+11.38, +11.42[40][41]
Elevation above sea level
+518, +463[38][39]
Population
7.6k (6.0k–7.6k, n=5)[17][18][19][20][21]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 5,965 · 6,385 · 6,414 · 6,511 · 7,587 GeoNames 6,724 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗

Codes

Local dialing code
044[15]
Postal code
8903[13]
More facts +6
Contains settlement
Birmensdorf / Unterdorf, Birmensdorf / Kirchhalde, Birmensdorf / Oberdorf, Birmensdorf / Wullikon, Birmensdorf / Schwerzgrub, Birmensdorf / Weissenbrunnen, Birmensdorf / Mühlematt, Birmensdorf / Lettenmatt, Birmensdorf / Haslen, Birmensdorf / Ruggen, Birmensdorf / Auf Dorf, Birmensdorf / Sternen, Birmensdorf / Risi, Birmensdorf / Risiloch[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35]
List of monuments
list of cultural properties in Birmensdorf[37]
Member of
SGV-ACS[2]
Official language
German[5]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Govdirectory[42]
Vehicle registration plate code
ZH[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Birmensdorf en Birmensdorf ZH ar بيرمنسدورف de Birmensdorf ZH he בירמנסדורף ro Birmensdorf, Zürich ru Бирменсдорф uk Бірменсдорф zh 比門斯多夫 zh-hans 比门斯多夫
🔖 Identifiers · 21
VIAF cluster ID
147758371
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n81096368
GND ID
4104237-2
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
BirmensdorfZH02.jpg ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
15088903z
External data available at URL
geo.ld.admin.ch
FactGrid item ID
Otto Lilienthal Museum
Freebase ID
/m/0gs_y4
GADM ID
CHE.26.5.2_1
GeoNames ID
7285253
HDS ID
000160
IdRef ID
157076334
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J9U entity ID
987007552856105171
NL CR AUT ID
ge441389
OpenStreetMap relation ID
1682091
SPAP ID
p/d997bf78-4c13-4bf1-90d7-a18f87028c22
Swiss municipality code
242
Topic's main category
Category:Birmensdorf
Who's on First ID
101854437
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJfh4d4xj6YvwddRGbkbh3
Yale LUX ID
place/1ed00982-8812-47ec-92e5-b2985f325237
📚 Sources · 1
  • GeoNames as of 2026-09-26 · 1 statement · CC BY 4.0 CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.

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Located in time zoneP421
Europe/Zurich 2026-09-26 A/ADM3 · CH GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
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Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
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🔗 Connections
← Shares border with 8
Urdorf, Berikon, Oberwil-Lieli, Aesch, Bonstetten, Wettswil am Albis, Stallikon, Uitikon
Shares border with 7
Urdorf, Berikon, Oberwil-Lieli, Aesch, Bonstetten, Wettswil am Albis, Stallikon
Contained subdivisions 2
Birmensdorf railway station, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Country 1
Switzerland
FactGrid item ID 1
Otto Lilienthal Museum
Instance of 1
municipality of Switzerland
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Dietikon District
Official language 1
German
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
WikiProject Govdirectory
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Dietikon District
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Summary

Birmensdorf is a Municipality of Switzerland[1].

Related Entities

Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research Switzerland WikiProject Govdirectory

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  13. [2] ↑ . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  16. [17] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . statistik.zh.ch. statistik.zh.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  40. [41] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [42] ↑ . govdirectory.org. Retrieved . govdirectory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · Horgner · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → 5,965, 6,385, 6,414 +2
    "Created claim: Population: 7,587, mass upload (details)"
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