Dietikon District is a district of the

Swiss Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina *Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses *Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports *Swiss Internation ...

canton of Zürich The canton of Zürich (german: Kanton Zürich ; rm, Chantun Turitg; french: Canton de Zurich; it, Canton Zurigo) is a Swiss canton in the northeastern part of the country. With a population of (as of ), it is the most populous canton in the ...

. The capital of the district of Dietikon is the city of Dietikon, located in the Limmat Valley (German: ''Limmattal''). Dietikon District was created in 1989 by splitting the former

Zürich District Zürich District is a district (german: Bezirk) of the Swiss canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History In 1814, the former district of Zürich was established including the municipalities – "Landgemeinden des Bezirks Zürich" (country muni ...

into three parts. The western part became the Dietikon District, the eastern part became the district (respectively city) of Zürich and the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

of Zollikon (located east of Zürich) was integrated into the

Meilen District Meilen District is one of the twelve districts of the German-speaking canton of Zurich, Switzerland. It lies to the south of the canton in the Pfannenstiel region, forming much of the northern shore of Lake Zurich. The district capital is the to ...

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{{Canton Zurich Districts of the canton of Zürich

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