Canton Zürich District Zürich 47°22'N, 8°33'E Population 376,815  (December 2007)   - Density 4,101 /km² (10,622 /sq.mi.) Area 91.88 km² (35.5 sq mi) Elevation 408 m (1,339 ft)   - Highest 871 m - Uetliberg   - Lowest 392 m - Limmat Postal code 8000-8099 SFOS number 0261 Mayor (list) Elmar Ledergerber (as of 2008) SPS/PSS Surrounded by (view map) Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon Twin towns Kunming (PRC), San Francisco (United States) Website www.stadt-zuerich.ch

Zürich [zoom]

View of the inner city with the four main churches visible, and the Albis in the backdrop Zürich (German: Zürich (help·info) ['tsy???ç], Zürich German: Züri ['tsy?i], French: Zurich [zy?ik], in English generally Zurich, Italian: Zurigo [dzu'?i?go]) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 376,815 at the end of 2007; population of urban area is 1,007,972) and capital of the canton of Zürich. The city is Switzerland's main commercial and cultural centre (the political capital of Switzerland being Bern), and is widely considered to be one of the world's global cities. According to several surveys in 2006[1] and 2007[2], Zürich was named the city with the "best quality of life" in the world.