Andelfingen District is one of the twelve districts of the

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-speaking

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. It corresponds to the Zürcher Weinland, bounded by the

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to the north and west, by the

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to the east, by

Winterthur , neighboring_municipalities = Brütten, Dinhard, Elsau, Hettlingen, Illnau-Effretikon, Kyburg, Lindau, Neftenbach, Oberembrach, Pfungen, Rickenbach, Schlatt, Seuzach, Wiesendangen, Zell , twintowns = Hall in Tirol (Austria ...

to the south and by the Irchel to the southwest.

Municipalities

Andelfingen contains a total of twenty-two

municipalities 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 ...

Mergers

*1872: Secession from

Adlikon Adlikon bei Andelfingen (or simply Adlikon) is a former municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. On 1 January 2023 the former municipalities of Adlikon and Humlikon merged to form the municipality of ...

→ Humlikon *1878: Renaming of ''Dorlikon'' → Thalheim an der Thur *1879: Secession from Trüllikon →

Truttikon Truttikon is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Geography Truttikon has an area of . Of this area, 64.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 28.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, ...

*1970: Renaming of ''Grossandelfingen'' → Andelfingen *2013: Merger between ''„Obere Hueb“'' from the Municipality of

Buch am Irchel Buch am Irchel is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Buch am Irchel is first mentioned around 1238 as ''Buoch''. In 1244 it was mentioned as ''Bebinchon''. Geography Buch am Irchel ...

→ Neftenbach *2019: Merger between Oberstammheim, Unterstammheim and Waltalingen → Stammheim

References

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Municipalities

Mergers

See also

References