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Adliswil

Adliswil
Adliswil - Shil - Felsenegg IMG 5294.JPG
Coat of arms of Adliswil
Coat of arms
Adliswil is located in Switzerland
Adliswil
Adliswil
Coordinates: 47°19′N 8°32′E / 47.317°N 8.533°E / 47.317; 8.533Coordinates: 47°19′N 8°32′E / 47.317°N 8.533°E / 47.317; 8.533
Country Switzerland
Canton Zurich
District Horgen
Government
 • Executive Stadtrat
with 7 members
 • Mayor Stadtpräsident
Harald Huber FDP/PRD
(as of March 2014)
 • Parliament Grosser Gemeinderat
with 36 members
Area
 • Total 7.77 km2 (3.00 sq mi)
Elevation (Bahnhofplatz/ Bahnhofbrücke) 451 m (1,480 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
 • Total 18,551
 • Density 2,400/km2 (6,200/sq mi)
Demonym(s) German: Adliswiler(in)
Postal code 8134
SFOS number 0131
Surrounded by Kilchberg, Langnau am Albis, Rüschlikon, Stallikon, Zurich
Website www.adliswil.ch
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Adliswil is a town and a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

The official language of Adliswil is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.

Adliswil is first mentioned in 1050 as Adelenswile. In the second half of the 12th Century it was mentioned as Adololdiswile and in 1248 as Adeloswile.

Under the Helvetic Republic, the hamlet of Buchenegg was transferred to the municipality of Stallikon. In 1893 the town sections of Oberleimbach and Sood were added to Adliswil.

Adliswil has an area of 7.8 km2 (3.0 sq mi). Of this area, 23.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 32.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 42.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In 1996 housing and buildings made up 32.6% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (10.4%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 1.7% of the area. As of 2007 38.3% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

It is located in the region of Zimmerberg, within the valley of the river Sihl to the south of the city of Zürich, next to the localities of Kilchberg, Rüschlikon, Langnau am Albis and on the other hand Stallikon pertaining this to the district of Affoltern.


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