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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.
Rapperswil-Jona | |
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Coordinates: 47°13′N 8°49′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 | 22.17 km2 (8.56 sq mi) |
Elevation | 409 m (1,342 ft) |
Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
• Total | 26,995 |
• Density | 1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
Postal code(s) | 8640 |
SFOS number | 3340 |
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.[3]
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