Thalwil

Summary

Thalwil is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Thalwil has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Thalwil is located in Horgen District^[3].
• Thalwil is in the country of Switzerland^[4].
• Thalwil is on the body of water Lake Zurich^[5].
• Thalwil is on the body of water Sihl^[6].
• Thalwil's head of government is recorded as Märk Fankhauser^[7].
• Thalwil's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[8].
• Thalwil's instance of is recorded as city of Switzerland^[9].
• Thalwil's official language is recorded as German^[10].
• Thalwil's shares border with is recorded as Erlenbach^[11].
• Thalwil's shares border with is recorded as Herrliberg^[12].
• Thalwil's shares border with is recorded as Horgen^[13].
• Thalwil's shares border with is recorded as Küsnacht^[14].
• Thalwil's shares border with is recorded as Langnau am Albis^[15].
• Thalwil's shares border with is recorded as Rüschlikon^[16].
• Thalwil's shares border with is recorded as Oberrieden^[17].
• Thalwil's twinned administrative body is recorded as La Tour-de-Peilz^[18].
• Thalwil's postal code is recorded as 8800^[19].
• Thalwil's postal code is recorded as 8136^[20].
• Thalwil is part of Q95080684^[21].
• Thalwil's Commons category is recorded as Thalwil^[22].
• Thalwil's licence plate code is recorded as ZH^[23].
• Thalwil's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[24].
• Thalwil's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[25].
• Thalwil's local dialing code is recorded as 044^[26].
• Thalwil's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.295277777778, 'lon': 8.5647222222222}^[27].

Body

Geography

Thalwil is in the country of Switzerland^[4]. Thalwil is located in Horgen District^[3]. Adjacent water bodies include Lake Zurich^[5], a lake^[28], in Switzerland^[29] and Sihl^[6], a river^[30], in Switzerland^[31]. Thalwil is part of Q95080684^[21].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5.53'}^[32] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5.5'}^[33]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+486'}^[34], {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+468'}^[35], {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+406'}^[36], and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+589'}^[37]. Population counts include {'amount': '+17340'}^[38], {'amount': '+17784'}^[39], {'amount': '+17857'}^[40], {'amount': '+17990'}^[41], {'amount': '+18278'}^[42], and {'amount': '+18525'}^[43].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Municipality of Switzerland^[8] and city of Switzerland^[9].

Why It Matters

Thalwil has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Thalwil is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[44]