Affoltern (Zurich)
Affoltern is a quarter in the district 11 in Zurich, located in the Glatt Valley (German: Glattal).
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[edit] History and demographics
Affoltern was first mentioned in 870 as Affaltrahe, and in the 9th century it was reigned by the St. Gallen Abbey, in the 12th/13th century by the Dukes of Regensberg, followed in 1468 by the city of Zurich as part of the Obervogtei Regensberg ending in 1798. Affoltern was then after a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into the city Zurich in 1934. As today, Affoltern consists of the former settlements (Fraktionen) Ober- und Unter-Affoltern.
The quarter has a population of 22'972 (2010) distributed on an area of 6.04 km², and is separated by the Käferberg from the inner city.
[edit] Transportation
Zürich Affoltern railway station is a stop of the S-Bahn Zürich on the line S6.
[edit] Weather
| Climate data for Zurich/Affoltern | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 2.1 (35.8) |
4.6 (40.3) |
8.9 (48.0) |
13.2 (55.8) |
18 (64) |
21.1 (70.0) |
23.7 (74.7) |
22.9 (73.2) |
19.6 (67.3) |
13.8 (56.8) |
7.1 (44.8) |
3.1 (37.6) |
13.2 (55.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −0.6 (30.9) |
0.8 (33.4) |
4.2 (39.6) |
8 (46) |
12.4 (54.3) |
15.6 (60.1) |
17.8 (64.0) |
16.9 (62.4) |
13.8 (56.8) |
9.1 (48.4) |
3.9 (39.0) |
0.5 (32.9) |
8.5 (47.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −3.7 (25.3) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
2.9 (37.2) |
6.8 (44.2) |
10 (50) |
11.9 (53.4) |
11.6 (52.9) |
8.8 (47.8) |
5.2 (41.4) |
0.7 (33.3) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
4.1 (39.4) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 69 (2.72) |
69 (2.72) |
68 (2.68) |
82 (3.23) |
100 (3.94) |
117 (4.61) |
105 (4.13) |
120 (4.72) |
86 (3.39) |
68 (2.68) |
83 (3.27) |
76 (2.99) |
1,042 (41.02) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 10.1 | 9.1 | 10.5 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 11.6 | 10.9 | 11.6 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 10.1 | 10 | 123.4 |
| Source: MeteoSchweiz [1] | |||||||||||||
[edit] References
- ^ "Temperature and Precipitation Average Values-Table, 1961-1990" (in German, French, Italian). Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss. http://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/web/de/klima/klima_schweiz/tabellen.html. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
- Präsidialdepartement der Stadt Zürich, Statistik Stadt Zürich: Quartierspiegel Affoltern. Zürich 2011 (PDF; 9 MB)
[edit] External links
Media related to Affoltern at Wikimedia Commons
- Quartierverein Affoltern
- Affoltern bei Zürich in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
Coordinates: 47°25′7″N 8°30′22″E / 47.41861°N 8.50611°E
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