Horgen District

Horgen District is a district of Canton of Zürich in Switzerland. The district is located in the Zimmerberg and Sihl Valley region on the left shore of Lake Zürich; its district capital is Horgen. In the northern part of the district, the municipalities have grown together with the city of Zürich, while in the south-western part, the Sihlwald is the largest contiguous natural mixed deciduous forest on the Swiss Plateau. The district consists of 11 municipalities and has a population of 126,075 (as of 31 December 2019) and an area of 104.16 km² (40.22 sq mi).

Horgen District Bezirk Horgen
District
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zürich
Capital	Horgen
Area
• Total	104.16 km^2 (40.22 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2019)
• Total	126,075
• Density	1,200/km^2 (3,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities	9

Municipalities

Municipality	Population (31 December 2019)[1]	Area, km²
Adliswil	18,944	7.79
Horgen-Sihlbrugg Dorf^a	22,992	21.07
Kilchberg	8,923	2.58
Langnau am Albis	7,727	8.66
Oberrieden	5,002	2.76
Richterswil-Samstagern^a	13,632	7.54
Rüschlikon	6,092	2.94
Thalwil	18,139	5.53
Wädenswil	21,792	17.37
Total	126,075	104.16

^a Sihlbrugg Dorf and Samstagern are both significant villages that are not independent municipalities.

Mergers

• On 1 January 2018 the former municipality of Hirzel merged into the municipality of Horgen.
• On 1 January 2019 the former municipalities of Hütten and Schönenberg merged into the municipality of Wädenswil.

See also

• Municipalities of the canton of Zürich

References

1. "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2020.