Zurich metropolitan area Metropolregion Zürich | |
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| Coordinates:47°22′N8°33′E / 47.367°N 8.550°E /47.367; 8.550 | |
| Country |  Switzerland |
| Cantons |  Zürich Aargau Schaffhausen Schwyz St. Gallen Thurgau Zug |
| Districts | Several |
| Principal municipalities | Total: 221 Core Cities: Zürich Winterthur Baden Zug Schaffhausen Rapperswil Wetzikon Lachen Frauenfeld Lenzburg Wohlen Wil |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,103 km2 (812 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,100,000 (OECD FUA Estimate) |
| • Density | 1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 5xxx, 6xxx, 8xxxx, 9xxxx |
| HDI (2021) | 0.989[1] very high ·1st |
TheEuropean Metropolitan Region of Zurich (EMRZ), alsoGreater Zurich Area (GZA, GermanZürcher Wirtschaftsraum, Metropolregion Zürich), themetropolitan area surroundingZurich, is one ofEurope’s economically strongest areas andSwitzerland’s economic centre. It comprises the area that can be reached within a roughly 80-minute drive fromZurich Airport. Home to many international companies, it includes most of thecanton of Zurich, and stretches as far as theAargau andSolothurn in the west,Thurgau,St. Gallen and parts ofGrisons in the east,Schaffhausen in the north andZug and parts ofSchwyz andGlarus 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 2000Swiss census, this includes a total of 220 municipalities in seven cantons: 127 in thecanton of Zürich, 58 inAargau, 11 inSchwyz, 10 inZug, 9 inSchaffhausen, 3 inThurgau and 2 inSt. Gallen.
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 theStiftung Greater Zurich Area Standortmarketing, apublic-private partnership that was established in November 1998. Since that time, its membership has grown to include the cantons ofGlarus,Grisons,Schaffhausen,Schwyz,Solothurn,Ticino,Uri,Zug andZürich, the cities ofZürich andWinterthur, 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 theETH Zurich as one of the best universities in Europe as well as theUniversity of St. Gallen as one of the leading business schools. Companies such asGoogle,Microsoft,IBM,Disney,ABB,Biogen,Johnson & Johnson andRoche operate important research and development (R&D) sites in the Zürich Metropolitan Area.
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The association Zurich Airport Region (Flughafenregion Zürich) is responsible for the business network and location promotion in the immediate vicinity ofZurich 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 andWangen-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 ofKloten) is the president of the association's board.
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