Küsnacht
municipality in the Canton of Zürich, Switzerland
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Summary
Küsnacht is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Küsnacht ranks in the top 1% of municipality of switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,602 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: SGV-ACS[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Meilen District[4]
- Country: Switzerland[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Lake Zurich[6]
- Instance of: city of Switzerland[7]
- Official language: German[8]
- Shares border with: Erlenbach[9], Kilchberg[10], Maur[11], Rüschlikon[12], Thalwil[13], Zollikon[14], Zumikon[15], Herrliberg[16]
- Postal code: 8700[17]
- Commons category: Küsnacht ZH[18]
- Licence plate code: ZH[19]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[20], UTC+02:00[21]
- Local dialing code: 01[22]
- Official website: https://www.kuesnacht.ch/[23]
- Topic's main category: Category:Küsnacht[24]
- Population: 14,250[25], 14,307[26], 14,387[27], 126[28], 1064[29]
- External data available at URL: https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/154[30]
- Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[31]
- Contains settlement: Q22565101[32], Q22565118[33], Q22565080[34], Q22565108[35], Q22565091[36], Q22565071[37]
- Official name: Küsnacht[38]
- List of monuments: list of cultural properties in Küsnacht ZH[39]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Küsnacht, Switzerland[40]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Küsnacht, Switzerland[41]
- Category for people buried here: Q108674498[42]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Küsnacht[43]
- Different from: Küssnacht[44]
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Physical Characteristics
Areas include 12.35 km²[45] and 12.36 km²[46]. Elevations include 413 m[47] and 427 m[48].
Why It Matters
Küsnacht has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] Küsnacht is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]