Bülach District

Bülach District Bezirk Bülach
District
Location of Bülach District
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zürich
Capital	Bülach
Area
• Total	185.19 km2 (71.50 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2014)
• Total	140,850
• Density	760/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Municipalities	22

Bülach District (Bezirk Bülach) is one of 12 districts of the Canton of Zürich in Switzerland, with some 117,000 inhabitants the third largest in the canton. Its administrative capital is Bülach, the largest municipality is Kloten, the location of Zurich Airport. It includes the Rafzerfeld north of the Rhine, with Rafz, Wil, Hüntwangen and Wasterkingen.

The territory of Bülach has been controlled by Zürich since 1409, the remaining parts followed in the later 15th century (Eglisau 1496), with the exception of the Rafzerfeld, which was acquired by Zürich in 1651.

Municipalities

Municipality	Population (31 December 2014)	Area, km²
Bachenbülach	3,743	4.25
Bassersdorf	11,371	9.02
Bülach	18,848	16.09
Dietlikon	7,564	4.26
Eglisau	4,961	9.07
Embrach	9,084	12.72
Freienstein-Teufen	2,305	8.32
Glattfelden	4,824	12.35
Hochfelden	2,018	6.16
Höri	2,662	4.85
Hüntwangen	1,014	4.97
Kloten	18,329	19.28
Lufingen	1,914	5.22
Nürensdorf	5,383	10.09
Oberembrach	1,091	10.20
Opfikon	17,085	5.61
Rafz	4,235	10.74
Rorbas	2,701	4.44
Wallisellen	15,315	6.50
Wasterkingen	568	3.95
Wil	1,351	8.94
Winkel	4,163	8.16
Total	140,850	185.19

See also

• Municipalities of the canton of Zürich

External links

• Bülach (Vogtei, Bezirk) in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.