Wädenswil

municipality in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland
Place municipality_of_switzerland Q69718
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Wädenswil

Summary

Wädenswil is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Wädenswil ranks in the top 4% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (154 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wädenswil is located in Horgen District[3].
  • Wädenswil is in the country of Switzerland[4].
  • Wädenswil is on the body of water Lake Zurich[5].
  • Wädenswil is on the body of water Sihl[6].
  • Wädenswil's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[7].
  • Wädenswil's instance of is recorded as city of Switzerland[8].
  • Wädenswil's official language is recorded as Swiss High German[9].
  • Wädenswil's shares border with is recorded as Hirzel[10].
  • Wädenswil's shares border with is recorded as Meilen[11].
  • Wädenswil's shares border with is recorded as Richterswil[12].
  • Wädenswil's shares border with is recorded as Uetikon am See[13].
  • Wädenswil's shares border with is recorded as Horgen[14].
  • Wädenswil's shares border with is recorded as Männedorf[15].
  • Wädenswil's shares border with is recorded as Schönenberg[16].
  • Wädenswil's shares border with is recorded as Stäfa[17].
  • Wädenswil's postal code is recorded as 8820[18].
  • Wädenswil's Commons category is recorded as Wädenswil[19].
  • Wädenswil's licence plate code is recorded as ZH[20].
  • Wädenswil's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[21].
  • Wädenswil's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[22].
  • Wädenswil's local dialing code is recorded as 043[23].
  • Wädenswil's local dialing code is recorded as 044[24].
  • Wädenswil's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.230277777778, 'lon': 8.6722222222222}[25].
  • Wädenswil's official website is recorded as http://www.waedenswil.ch[26].
  • Wädenswil's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wädenswil[27].

Body

Geography

Wädenswil is in the country of Switzerland[4]. Wädenswil 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].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+17.37'}[32], {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+17.39'}[33], and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+35.64'}[34]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+408'}[35] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+597'}[36]. Population counts include {'amount': '+20967'}[37], {'amount': '+21716'}[38], {'amount': '+21569'}[39], {'amount': '+21792'}[40], and {'amount': '+21617'}[41].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Municipality of Switzerland[7] and city of Switzerland[8].

Why It Matters

Wädenswil ranks in the top 4% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (154 views/month).[2] Wädenswil has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Wädenswil is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

References

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  1. [4] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  26. [37] . bfs.admin.ch. bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [38] . statistik.zh.ch. statistik.zh.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [39] . wikidata.org.
  29. [40] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [41] . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [35] . wikidata.org.
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  33. [32] . wikidata.org.
  34. [33] . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [34] . 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] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Swiss municipality code 142, 293
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P771]]: 142, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P771]]"
  2. 21d ago · Hannes Röst · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population {'amount': '+20967'}, {'amount': '+21716'}, {'amount': '+21569'} +2
    Located in or next to body of water Lake Zurich, Sihl
    Official language Swiss High German
    Coordinates
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P771]]: 0142, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/94716680|Wädenswil (#94716680)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3644|Schweizer Gemeinden]] #mix'n"
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