Schlieren

municipality in Switzerland
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Summary

Schlieren is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Schlieren ranks in the top 5% of municipality of switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (990 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Dietikon District[3]
  • Country: Switzerland[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Limmat[5]
  • Instance of: city of Switzerland[6]
  • Official language: German[7]
  • Shares border with: Zurich[8], Urdorf[9]
  • Postal code: 8952[10]
  • Commons category: Schlieren, Switzerland[11]
  • Licence plate code: ZH[12]
  • Official website: https://www.schlieren.ch/[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Schlieren, Switzerland[14]
  • Population: 17,199[15], 18,666[16], 18,760[17], 18,731[18], 20,391[19], 20,474[20]
  • External data available at URL: https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/247[21]
  • Contains settlement: Schlieren / Heimeliweg[22], Schlieren / Kamp[23], Schlieren / Zentrum[24], Schlieren / Pflugstrasse[25], Schlieren / Guggisbühl[26], Schlieren / Spital[27], Schlieren / Halde[28], Schlieren / Industrie Ost[29], Schlieren / Hübler[30], Schlieren / Brunnacker[31], Schlieren / Gugel[32], Schlieren / Boden[33], Schlieren / Engstingerquartier[34], Schlieren / Freiestrasse[35]
  • Official name: Schlieren[36]
  • List of monuments: list of cultural properties in Schlieren[37]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Schlieren, Switzerland[38]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Schlieren, Switzerland[39]
  • Elevation above sea level: 394 m[40], 410 m[41]
  • Area: 6.38 km²[42], 6.59 km²[43]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[44]

Why It Matters

Schlieren has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] Schlieren is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . statistik.zh.ch. statistik.zh.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . govdirectory.org. Retrieved . govdirectory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Horgner · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+17199'}, {'amount': '+18666'}, {'amount': '+18760'} +3
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'an', 'ar', 'azb', 'ca', 'ceb', 'cs', 'cv', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu'
    Sitelink count → 43
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Population: 20,474, mass upload ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/e2ea98ac2e9|details]])"
  2. 17w ago · Lehmannro · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Flag image → CHE Schlieren Flag.svg
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Flag image: CHE Schlieren Flag.svg, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782070149300"
  3. 22w ago · DariaBachmann · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shares border with → Zurich, Urdorf
    Population → {'amount': '+17199'}, {'amount': '+18666'}, {'amount': '+18760'} +3
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Schlieren, Switzerland
    Official website → https://www.schlieren.ch/
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Population: 20,391"
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