In Brief, Zürich, Switzerland. Zurich Is Situated in the Very Heart of Europe
In Brief, Zürich, Switzerland. Media Text Zurich is situated in the very heart of Europe and at the foot of the Swiss Alps, and is the ideal base from which to explore Switzerland. Zurich Airport, which has direct connections to 170 destinations all over the world, is just a 10-minute train ride from the cen- trally located Zurich Main Station ➡ zuerich.com Zürich Tourism Gessnerallee 3, CH-8001 Zürich T +41 44 215 40 10, zuerich.com, #visitzurich 1 In Brief, Zürich, Switzerland. Media Text Facts & Figures Geography • Zurich lies 409 meters (1,342ft) above sea level • The City of Zurich covers a total area of 92 km2 (35 sq. miles), divided into 12 municipal districts • Lake Zurich is 28km (17 miles) long, up to 4km (2.5 miles) wide and max. 143m (469ft) deep • The highest point in the urban area is Zurich’s “mountain”, Uetliberg, at 871m (2,858ft) above sea level Climate • Zurich enjoys approximately 1,500 hours of sunshine per annum • The mean maximum temperature in summer is 22° C (72 °F) • In winter, average temperatures range between –2 and 3.5° C (–28 and 38 °F) Population • With a population of over 400,000, Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland • Over 1.5 million people live in the Canton of Zurich • The spoken language in Zurich is the Swiss German dialect; High German is the official written lan- guage Quality of Living • From 2001 to 2008, Mercer Human Resource Consulting named Zurich the city with the highest quality of living in the world eight times in succession.
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