Dietikon District is a district of the Swiss canton of Zürich. The capital of the district of Dietikon is the city of

Dietikon Dietikon is the fifth biggest city of the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, after Zürich, Winterthur, Uster and Dübendorf. It is the capital of the same-named district of Dietikon and part of the Zürich metropolitan area. Geography The i ...

, located in the

Limmat Valley The Limmat Valley (German: ''Limmattal'') is a river valley and a region in the cantons of Zürich and Aargau in Switzerland. Geography The Limmat () is a long river located in the cantons of Zürich (ZH) and Aargau (AG). It is the co ...

(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 ...

Zollikon Zollikon is a municipality in the district of Meilen in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland known for being one of Switzerland's most exclusive districts. Besides the main settlement of Zollikon, which lies on the shore of Lake Zürich, the municip ...

(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 ...

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{{Canton Zurich Districts of the canton of Zürich

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