Thalwil

Summary

Thalwil is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Thalwil ranks in the top 4% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (55 views/month).^[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 image is recorded as Blick vom Zürichsee auf Thalwil und Uetliberg (2009).jpg^[8].
• Thalwil's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[9].
• Thalwil's instance of is recorded as city of Switzerland^[10].
• Thalwil's official language is recorded as German^[11].
• Thalwil's shares border with is recorded as Erlenbach^[12].
• Thalwil's shares border with is recorded as Herrliberg^[13].
• Thalwil's shares border with is recorded as Horgen^[14].
• Thalwil's shares border with is recorded as Küsnacht^[15].
• Thalwil's shares border with is recorded as Langnau am Albis^[16].
• Thalwil's shares border with is recorded as Rüschlikon^[17].
• Thalwil's shares border with is recorded as Oberrieden^[18].
• Thalwil's coat of arms image is recorded as CHE Thalwil COA.svg^[19].
• Thalwil's twinned administrative body is recorded as La Tour-de-Peilz^[20].
• Thalwil's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 137891505^[21].
• Thalwil's GND ID is recorded as 4106215-2^[22].
• Thalwil's locator map image is recorded as Karte Gemeinde Thalwil.png^[23].
• Thalwil's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n84091725^[24].
• Thalwil's postal code is recorded as 8800^[25].
• Thalwil's postal code is recorded as 8136^[26].
• Thalwil's part of is recorded as Q95080684^[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's part of is recorded as Q95080684^[27].

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^[9] and city of Switzerland^[10].

Why It Matters

Thalwil ranks in the top 4% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (55 views/month).^[2] Thalwil has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[44] Thalwil is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[45]