Rapperswil-Jona
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Rapperswil-Jona as seen from Kempraten-Lenggis, Jona to the left, Rapperswil and Seedamm to the right, Obersee (upper Lake Zürich) and Lachen (SZ) in the background (March 2010)
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 Rapperswil-Jona
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Location of Rapperswil-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 | |
| Government | ||
| • Executive |
Stadtrat with 7 members |
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| • Mayor |
Stadtpräsident (list) Fagio Stoeckling CVP/PDC (as of February 2016) |
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| Area | ||
| • Total | 22.25 km2 (8.59 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 409 m (1,342 ft) | |
| Highest elevation (Eggwald, Wagen) | 544 m (1,785 ft) | |
| Lowest elevation (Busskirch) | 407 m (1,335 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2015) | ||
| • Total | 26,875 | |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 8640 | |
| SFOS number | 3340 | |
| Localities | Rapperswil, Jona, Bollingen, Busskirch, Curtiberg, Kempraten-Lenggis, Wagen, Wurmsbach | |
| Surrounded by | Altendorf (SZ), Bubikon (ZH), Eschenbach, Freienbach (SZ), Hombrechtikon (ZH), Lachen (SZ), Rüti (ZH), Schmerikon, Tuggen (SZ), Wangen (SZ) | |
| Twin towns | Aalborg (Denmark), Bagno di Romagna (Italy) | |
| Website |
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Rapperswil-Jona is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Besides Rapperswil and Jona, which were separate municipalities until 2006, the municipality includes Bollingen, Busskirch, Curtiberg, Kempraten-Lenggis, Wagen, and Wurmsbach.
The official language of Rapperswil is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.
On January 1, 2007, the municipalities of Rapperswil and Jona merged to form a new political entity. Rapperswil-Jona has a population of 25,777 (17,799 from Jona and 7,601 from Rapperswil). This makes it the second largest town in the canton after the capital St. Gallen itself.
Rapperswil-Jona is one of the most significant traffic junctions in the region, and Rapperswil railway station is a nodal point for the Swiss Federal Railways, Südostbahn and S-Bahn Zürich lines. Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (commonly abbreviated to ZSG) operates passenger vessels on the Lake Zürich, connecting surrounding towns between Zürich-Bürkliplatz and Rapperswil. The Seedamm, a dam across Lake Zürich, links Rapperswil with Hurden (SZ) on the other side of the lake. This connection has been part of old pilgrimage routes. From early centuries, a wooden footbridge led across Lake Zürich. At a later stage, the bridge was replaced by a stone dam. In 2001, a new wooden footbridge was opened alongside the dam for the first 840 meters of the crossing. It was built in the same place as the original bridge and links Rapperswil with the nearby bridge chapel (Heilig Hüsli) built in 1551.
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