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Zurich metropolitan area

Zurich metropolitan area
FieldValue
nameZurich metropolitan area
native_nameMetropolregion Zürich
native_name_langde
settlement_typeMetropolitan area
image_skylineZürich.jpg
image_captionView over Zürich and the lake
image_mapGZA.png
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameSwitzerland
subdivision_type1Cantons
subdivision_name1Zürich
Aargau
Schaffhausen
Schwyz
St. Gallen
Thurgau
Zug
subdivision_type2Districts
subdivision_name2Several
subdivision_type3Principal municipalities
subdivision_name3Total: 221
Core Cities:
Zürich
Winterthur
Baden
Zug
Schaffhausen
Rapperswil
Wetzikon
Lachen
Frauenfeld
Lenzburg
Wohlen
Wil
unit_prefMetric
area_urban_footnotes
area_rural_footnotes
area_metro_footnotes
area_magnitude
area_blank2_title
area_total_km22103
area_blank2_km2
population_total2,100,000 (OECD FUA Estimate)
population_density_km2auto
blank_name_sec1HDI (2021)
blank_info_sec10.989
· 1st
timezone1CET
utc_offset1+1
timezone1_DSTCEST
utc_offset1_DST+2
postal_code_typePostal codes
postal_code5xxx, 6xxx, 8xxxx, 9xxxx
website

Aargau Schaffhausen Schwyz St. Gallen Thurgau Zug Core Cities: Zürich Winterthur Baden Zug Schaffhausen Rapperswil Wetzikon Lachen Frauenfeld Lenzburg Wohlen Wil tags --| area_footnotes = · 1st

Location within Switzerland

The European Metropolitan Region of Zurich (EMRZ), also Greater Zurich Area (GZA, German Zürcher Wirtschaftsraum, Metropolregion Zürich), the metropolitan area surrounding Zurich, is one of Europe’s economically strongest areas and Switzerland’s economic centre. It comprises the area that can be reached within a roughly 80-minute drive from Zurich Airport. Home to many international companies, it includes most of the canton of Zurich, and stretches as far as the Aargau and Solothurn in the west, Thurgau, St. Gallen and parts of Grisons in the east, Schaffhausen in the north and Zug and parts of Schwyz and Glarus in the south.

The Swiss federal office for statistics defines an unofficial metropolitan area as including all areas where more than 1/12 of the workforce commutes to the core area. According to the 2000 Swiss census, this includes a total of 220 municipalities in seven cantons: 127 in the canton of Zürich, 58 in Aargau, 11 in Schwyz, 10 in Zug, 9 in Schaffhausen, 3 in Thurgau and 2 in St. Gallen.

Greater Zurich Area AG

The Greater Zurich Area AG, a nonprofit organization, is the marketing association for the Greater Zurich Area business region. It recruits international companies abroad and assists them with setting up companies and making investments in the Greater Zurich Area. Its sponsor is the Stiftung Greater Zurich Area Standortmarketing, a public-private partnership that was established in November 1998. Since that time, its membership has grown to include the cantons of Glarus, Grisons, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, Ticino, Uri, Zug and Zürich, the cities of Zürich and Winterthur, several businesses and universities. Switzerland and the Greater Zurich Area have the prerequisites for innovation and sustainable growth. This is due to political stability, a large talent pool and the ETH Zurich as one of the best universities in Europe as well as the University of St. Gallen as one of the leading business schools. Companies such as Google, Microsoft, IBM, Disney, ABB, Biogen, Johnson & Johnson and Roche operate important research and development (R&D) sites in the Zürich Metropolitan Area.

Important Industries:

  • Life Sciences: Biotech, Medtech
  • Information Technology: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality, Cybersecurity
  • Fintech & Blockchain
  • Robotics & Intelligent Systems: Robotics, Drone Technology, Computer Vision

The association Zurich Airport Region (Flughafenregion Zürich) is responsible for the business network and location promotion in the immediate vicinity of Zurich Airport. Large companies are headquartered in the Zurich Airport Region: Swissport International (Glattbrugg), Gategroup (Kloten), Dormakaba (Rümlang), SV Group (Dübendorf), SR Technics (Kloten), Hotelplan (Glattbrugg), Hewlett-Packard Switzerland (Dübendorf), Flughafen Zürich AG (Kloten), Jumbo (Dietlikon), UPC Switzerland (Wallisellen), Coca-Cola HBC Switzerland (Brüttisellen), Edelweiss Air (Kloten), CSC Switzerland (Dübendorf), Canon Switzerland (Wallisellen), Qualipet (Dietlikon), Gamma Renax (Dübendorf), Infosys Consulting (Kloten), Microsoft Switzerland (Wallisellen), Ricoh Switzerland (Wallisellen), Tchibo Switzerland (Wallisellen), Vifor Pharma (Glattbrugg) .

The following eleven municipalities belong to the Swiss economic metropolis "Zurich Airport Region": Bassersdorf, Bülach, Dietlikon, Dübendorf, Kloten, Nürensdorf, Oberglatt, Opfikon, Rümlang, Wallisellen and Wangen-Brüttisellen. In the broader sense, many other communities and cities belong to the airport region of Zürich. The office of the association with over 500 members is located in Opfikon-Glattbrugg. Christoph Lang heads the office. René Huber (Mayor of Kloten) is the president of the association's board.

References

References

  5. "Sub-national HDI - Switzerland (Europe)".
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