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.

Rapperswil-Jona
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Rapperswil-Jona
Rapperswil-Jona Show map of Switzerland Rapperswil-Jona Show map of Canton of St. Gallen
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 [1]
• 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.rapperswil-jona.ch SFSO statistics

On 1 January 2007, the municipalities Rapperswil and Jona joined together to become the new municipality of Rapperswil-Jona.^[3]

The main square

References

1. "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
2. "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
3. 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.