Uster district

Uster district
Basic data
Country:	Switzerland
Canton :	Zurich (ZH)
Main town :	Uster
FSO number :	0109
Area :	112.23  km²
Height range :	426–845 m above sea level M.
Residents:	131,702 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	1174 inhabitants per km²
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District building and court in Uster

The Uster district is an urban district in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland , which essentially comprises the area around the Greifensee .

Political communities

coat of arms	Postcode	Parish name	Population (December 31, 2018)	Area in km²	Inhabitants per km²
	8600	Dubendorf	28,678	13.62	2106
	8132	Egg	8598	14.53	592
	8117	Fällanden	8672	6.38	1359
	8606	Greifensee	5358	2.27	2360
	8124	Maur	10'215	14.77	692
	8617	Mönchaltorf	3769	7.59	497
	8603	Schwerzenbach	5115	2.62	1952
	8610	Uster	34,722	28.49	1219
	8604	Volketswil	18,669	14.04	1330
	8306	Cheek Brüttisellen	7906	7.92	998
Total (10)			131,702	112.23	1174

Changes in the community

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  Municipalities until 1975

• 1976: Name change from Wangen (ZH) → Wangen-Brüttisellen

Civil parishes

The following civil parish existed until it was dissolved at the end of 2009 :

• Brüttisellen (Political Community of Wangen-Brüttisellen )

Localities

Postcode	Name of the place	local community
	Geeren	Dubendorf
	Gfenn	Dubendorf
8044	Gockhausen	Dubendorf
	Hermicon	Dubendorf
	Stettbach	Dubendorf
8133	Esslingen	Egg
8132	Hinteregg	Egg
	Vollikon	Egg
8121	Benglen	Fällanden
8118	Pfaffhausen	Fällanden
	Aesch at Maur	Maur
8122	Binz	Maur
8123	Ebmatingen	Maur
8127	Forch	Maur Küsnacht
	Shame	Maur
	Chairs	Maur
	Uessikon	Maur
8615	Freudwil	Uster
8606	Nanikon	Uster
8612	Niederuster	Uster
	Nossikon	Uster
	Oberuster	Uster
8616	Riedikon	Uster
8614	Sulzbach	Uster
8615	Wermatswil	Uster
	Werrikon	Uster
	Winikon near Uster	Uster
8605	Gutenswil	Volketswil
8604	Hegnau	Volketswil
	Kindhausen	Volketswil
	Zimicon	Volketswil
8306	Brüttisellen	Cheek Brüttisellen
8602	Cheeks	Cheek Brüttisellen

Web links

Commons : Bezirk Uster  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Bruno Schmid: Greifensee (rule, bailiwick). 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.