Jona, Switzerland

Jona was a municipality in See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. On 1 January 2007, the municipalities Rapperswil and Jona joined to become a new municipality called Rapperswil-Jona.^[1]

Jona
Former municipality
Jona in October 2010
Coat of arms
Location of Jona
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Coordinates: 47°13′N 8°49′E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	St. Gallen
District	See-Gaster
Municipality	Rapperswil-Jona
Area
• Total	20.43 km2 (7.89 sq mi)
Elevation	409 m (1,342 ft)
Population  (December 2006)
• Total	17,799
• Density	870/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	8645
SFOS number	3335
Localities	Bollingen, Busskirch, Curtiberg, Kempraten-Lenggis, Wagen, Wurmsbach
Surrounded by	Altendorf (SZ), Bubikon (ZH), Eschenbach, Freienbach (SZ), Hombrechtikon (ZH), Kempraten, Lachen (SZ), Rapperswil, Rüti (ZH), Schmerikon, Tuggen (SZ), Wangen (SZ)
Website	www.rapperswil-jona.ch SFSO statistics

References

1. Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 23 September 2009

Other websites

Media related to Jona at Wikimedia Commons

• Rapperswil-Jona (official site) (in German)
• 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.