Eglisau

municipality in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland
AdministrativeArea municipality_of_switzerland Q69175
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Eglisau

Summary

Eglisau is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Eglisau has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Eglisau was a member of SGV-ACS[3].
  • Eglisau is located in Bülach District[4].
  • Eglisau is in the country of Switzerland[5].
  • Eglisau is on the body of water Rhine[6].
  • Eglisau is on the body of water Töss[7].
  • Eglisau's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[8].
  • Eglisau's official language is recorded as German[9].
  • Eglisau's shares border with is recorded as Buchberg[10].
  • Eglisau's postal code is recorded as 8193[11].
  • Eglisau's Commons category is recorded as Eglisau[12].
  • Eglisau's licence plate code is recorded as ZH[13].
  • Eglisau's local dialing code is recorded as 043[14].
  • Eglisau's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.57335, 'lon': 8.52607}[15].
  • Eglisau's official website is recorded as https://www.eglisau.ch[16].
  • Eglisau's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Eglisau[17].
  • Eglisau has a population of {'amount': '+5021'}[18].
  • Eglisau has a population of {'amount': '+5170'}[19].
  • Eglisau has a population of {'amount': '+5188'}[20].
  • Eglisau has a population of {'amount': '+5216'}[21].
  • Eglisau's external data available at URL is recorded as https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/55[22].
  • Eglisau's described by source is recorded as Topographia Helvetiae, Rhaetiae et Valesiae[23].
  • Eglisau's contains settlement is recorded as Eglisau / Burg[24].
  • Eglisau's contains settlement is recorded as Q22376888[25].
  • Eglisau's contains settlement is recorded as Eglisau / Eigenacker[26].
  • Eglisau's contains settlement is recorded as Eglisau / Steig[27].

Body

Geography

Eglisau is in the country of Switzerland[5]. Eglisau is located in Bülach District[4]. Adjacent water bodies include Rhine[6], a main stem[28], in Switzerland[29] and Töss[7], a river[30], in Switzerland[31].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+9.07'}[32] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+9.06'}[33]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+355'}[34] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+372'}[35]. Population counts include {'amount': '+5021'}[18], {'amount': '+5170'}[19], {'amount': '+5188'}[20], and {'amount': '+5216'}[21].

Designation and Status

Eglisau's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[8]. Eglisau's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection[36].

Why It Matters

Eglisau has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Eglisau is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . statistik.zh.ch. statistik.zh.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [36] . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Retrieved . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [34] . wikidata.org.
  28. [35] . wikidata.org.
  29. [32] . wikidata.org.
  30. [33] . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 13d ago · Lehmannro · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in or next to body of water Rhine, Töss
    Topic's main category Category:Eglisau
    Official language German
    Member of
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