Rapperswil-Jona
Rapperswil-Jona (short: Rappi) is a municipality in See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is at the east side of Lake Zurich (Zürichsee). As of December 2016, 26,962 people lived there.
Location of Rapperswil-Jona
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Coordinates: 47°13′N 8°49′E / 47.217°N 8.817°ECoordinates: 47°13′N 8°49′E / 47.217°N 8.817°E | |
Country | Switzerland |
Canton | St. Gallen |
District | See-Gaster |
Government | |
• Executive | Stadtrat with 7 members |
• Mayor | Stadtpräsident (list) Martin Stoeckling CVP/PDC (as of February 2016) |
Area | |
• Total | 1.74 km2 (0.67 sq mi) |
Elevation | 409 m (1,342 ft) |
Population (December 2016) | |
• Total | 26,962 |
• Density | 15,500/km2 (40,130/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
Postal code(s) | 8640 |
Localities | Rapperswil, Jona, Bollingen, Busskirch, Curtiberg, Lenggis, Wagen, Wurmsbach |
Surrounded by | Altendorf (SZ), Bubikon (ZH), Eschenbach, Freienbach (SZ), Hombrechtikon (ZH), Lachen (SZ), Rüti (ZH), Schmerikon, Tuggen (SZ), Wangen (SZ) |
Twin towns | Aalborg (Denmark), Bagno di Romagna (Italy) |
Website | www SFSO statistics |
On 1 January 2007, the municipalities Rapperswil and Jona joined together to become the new municipality of Rapperswil-Jona.[1]
Rapperswil-Jona Media
Seedamm isthmus (ice age moraine) with causeway and bridge, with both railway track and road. The wooden pedestrian bridge is shown in the background.
Bollingen on upper Lake Zürich
Rapperswil Castle Zeitturm (clock tower). View from Hauptplatz
Trains at Rapperswil railway station
Bus of Stadtbus Rapperswil-Jona at Jona bus station (before it was renewed between 2013 and 2015)
SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers won the cup final in 2018 in the St. Galler Kantonalbank Arena
References
- ↑ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 23 September 2009
Other websites
Media related to Rapperswil-Jona at Wikimedia Commons
- Rapperswil-Jona (official site) (in German)
- Capuchin monastery (in German)
- University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil, HSR (university)
- A brief history of Rapperswil
- Bollingen in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- Busskirch in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- Jona in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- Kempraten in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- Rapperswil in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- Rapperswil-Jona in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.