Jona
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Jona in November 2010
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Location of Jona
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| Coordinates: 47°13′N 8°49′E / 47.217°N 8.817°ECoordinates: 47°13′N 8°49′E / 47.217°N 8.817°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | St. Gallen | |
| District | See-Gaster | |
| Municipality | Rapperswil-Jona | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 20.43 km2 (7.89 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 409 m (1,342 ft) | |
| Population | ||
| • Total | 17,799 | |
| • Density | 870/km2 (2,300/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 8645 | |
| SFOS number | 3335 | |
| Localities | Bollingen, Busskirch, Curtiberg, Kempraten-Lenggis, Wagen, Wurmsbach | |
| Surrounded by | Altendorf (SZ), Bubikon (ZH), Eschenbach, Freienbach (SZ), Hombrechtikon (ZH), Kempraten, Lachen (SZ), Rapperswil, Rüti (ZH), Schmerikon, Tuggen (SZ), Wangen (SZ) | |
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Jona is a former municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Jona is located at the eastern shore of Obersee. It has been part of the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona since 2007, as before comprising the villages of Bollingen, Busskirch, Curtiberg, Kempraten-Lenggis, Wagen and Wurmsbach (Wurmsbach Abbey).
The river Jona flows through the municipality in the Lake Zürich, the settlement is named after the river, first recorded in Latinized form Johanna in AD 834, as super Johannam fluvium. The Middle High German form Jonun is recorded 1243. The river name was likely adapted into Alemannic (Old High German) around the 8th century from a Gallo-Roman *Jauna as a weakly inflecting feminine *Jōna(n), yielding modern dialectal Jōne(n).
In 1350, Rapperswil and its castle was widely destroyed by Rudolf Brun, and the Herrschaft Rapperswil – Rapperswil and some surrounding villages including Jona – was acquired by the Habsburg family.
After 1803's Act of Mediation, Rapperswil and Jona joined the canton of St. Gallen, and the former Herrschaft Rapperswil was split into the municipalities Rapperswil and Jona. Jona, as municipality, was established in 1803 around the former boundaries of the city of Rapperswil, comprising the small rest of the former Herrschaft Rapperswil and the villages of Bollingen, Busskirch, Curtiberg, Kempraten-Lenggis, Wagen and Wurmsbach.
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