Opfikon is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Zurich, in the district of Bulach, lying northeast of the city of Zurich in the Glatt Valley beside Zurich Airport and so within the greater Zurich area. The landscape is flat, with its lowest point at 420.4 metres above sea level and its highest in the Hard forest at 481 metres. The present municipality unites the settlements of Opfikon and Oberhusen, which were joined in 1803, together with Glattbrugg, whose name means bridge over the Glatt, and it is now often called Opfikon-Glattbrugg. It has grown strongly since the 1950s, helped by immigration, and hosts the headquarters of several large companies. It has about 21,000 inhabitants.
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Elevation (m) Elevation Band Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Switzerland: Cantons and Cities
citypopulation.deCities table, 2020-12-31 estimate
Opfikon ZH 11,444 11,872 12,062 15,573 20,954 21,456
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View the Source 2. Opentopodata (SRTM): SRTM 90 m elevation at 47.4333,8.5667
Opentopodata (SRTM)Elevation of the place coordinates 47.4333,8.5667, band assigned from the figure (up to 10 m sea level, under 500 m lowland, under 1500 m highland, otherwise mountain)Quote, Elevation of the place coordinates 47.4333,8.5667, band assigned from the figure (up to 10 m sea level, under 500 m lowland, under 1500 m highland, otherwise mountain)
"elevation": 430.0
Opfikon (Wikipedia)
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is the name of a municipality in the Swiss canton of Zürich
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