Bülach district

Bülach district
Basic data
Country:	Switzerland
Canton :	Zurich (ZH)
Main town :	Bulach
FSO number :	0103
Area :	184.88  km²
Height range :	330–692 m above sea level M.
Residents:	151,486 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	819 inhabitants per km²
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The district of Bülach is a district in the northwest of the canton of Zurich in Switzerland , which essentially comprises the lower Glatttal and the Rafzerfeld . It was created in 1814 from the eastern part of the Bülach district .

Political communities

coat of arms	Parish name	Postcode	Population (December 31, 2018)	Area in km²	Inhabitants per km²
	Bachenbülach	8184	4165	4.31	966
	Bassersdorf	8303	11,687	9.03	1294
	Bulach	8180	20,447	16.09	1271
	Dietlikon	8305	7776	4.25	1830
	Eglisau	8193	5217	9.06	576
	Embrach	8424	9440	12.69	744
	Freienstein-Teufen	8427	2371	8.40	282
	Glattfelden	8192	5200	12.29	423
	Hochfelden	8182	1931	6.17	313
	Höri	8181	2845	4.79	594
	Hüntwangen	8194	1031	4.91	210
	Balls	8302	19,679	19.27	1021
	Lufingen	8426	2401	5.18	464
	Nürensdorf	8309	5629	10.04	561
	Oberembrach	8425	1073	10.26	105
	Opfikon	8152	20,361	5.59	3642
	Rafz	8197	4576	10.68	428
	Rorbas	8427	2830	4.44	637
	Wallisellen	8304	16,324	6.42	2543
	Wasterkingen	8195	560	3.96	141
	Wil (ZH)	8196	1425	8.94	159
	angle	8185	4518	8.11	557
Total (22)			151,486	184.88	819

Changes in the community

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  Municipalities until 1915

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  Municipalities until 1930

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  Municipalities until 1957

• 1916: Merger of Rieden and Wallisellen → Wallisellen
• 1931: Name change from Unterembrach → Embrach
• 1931: The Baltenswil exclave moves from the community of Nürensdorf → Bassersdorf
• 1958: Name change from Freienstein → Freienstein-Teufen

Civil parishes

The new cantonal constitution of the Zurich state brought the abolition of civil parishes with it. When it came into force on January 1, 2006, the following civil parishes still existed:

• Breite-Hakab (Political Community of Nürensdorf , dissolved on January 1, 2008)
• Oberwil (Political community Nürensdorf , dissolved on August 22, 2009)

Localities

Postcode	Name of the place	local community
	Baltenswil	Bassersdorf
	Ash mosquitoes	Bulach
	Home garden	Bulach
	Low flax	Bulach
	Walnut trees	Bulach
	Oberriet	Eglisau
	Seglingen	Eglisau
	Tössriederen	Eglisau
8427	Freienstein	Freienstein-Teufen
8428	Depth	Freienstein-Teufen
	Aarüti	Glattfelden
	Rheinsfelden	Glattfelden
	Schachen	Glattfelden
8192	Zweidlen	Glattfelden
	Zweidlen station	Glattfelden
	Endhöri	Höri
	Niederhöri	Höri
	Oberhöri	Höri
	Balsberg	Balls
	Banikon	Balls
	Egetswil	Balls
	Gerlisberg	Balls
	Augwil	Lufingen
	Birchwil	Nürensdorf
	Width near Nürensdorf	Nürensdorf
	Hakab	Nürensdorf
	Oberwil near Nürensdorf	Nürensdorf
8152	Glattbrugg	Opfikon
8152	Glattpark	Opfikon
	Oberhausen	Opfikon
	Vineyards	Wallisellen
	Niederrüti	angle
	Oberrüti	angle
	Rüti	angle
	Seeb	angle

Web links

• Martin Illi: Bülach (Vogtei, district). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Federal Statistical Office Generalized Limits 2020.
3. ↑ Waldhüttenverein Breite-Hakab, www.breite-hakab.ch ( Memento from December 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Tages-Anzeiger, Oberwil seals the end of the civil parish