Affoltern (Zürich)
Affoltern is a quarter in the district 11 in Zürich, located in the Glatt Valley (German: Glattal).
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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 House of Regensberg who built their ancestral seat Altburg nearby, followed in 1468 by the city of Zürich as part of the Obervogtei Regensberg ending in 1798. Affoltern was then after a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into the city Zürich 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.
Culture
The bath/lido Strandbad Katzensee is very popular.
Transportation
Zürich Affoltern railway station is a stop of the S-Bahn Zürich on the line S6.
Climate
| Climate data for Zürich / Affoltern (1981-2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 3.1 (37.6) |
5.0 (41) |
10.0 (50) |
14.3 (57.7) |
19.1 (66.4) |
22.2 (72) |
24.7 (76.5) |
24.0 (75.2) |
19.5 (67.1) |
14.2 (57.6) |
7.4 (45.3) |
3.9 (39) |
14.0 (57.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.3 (32.5) |
1.1 (34) |
5.2 (41.4) |
8.9 (48) |
13.5 (56.3) |
16.7 (62.1) |
18.8 (65.8) |
18.2 (64.8) |
14.2 (57.6) |
9.8 (49.6) |
4.3 (39.7) |
1.5 (34.7) |
9.4 (48.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −2.7 (27.1) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
0.6 (33.1) |
3.5 (38.3) |
8.0 (46.4) |
11.2 (52.2) |
13.2 (55.8) |
12.9 (55.2) |
9.4 (48.9) |
5.9 (42.6) |
1.2 (34.2) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
4.9 (40.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 61 (2.4) |
60 (2.36) |
74 (2.91) |
79 (3.11) |
114 (4.49) |
116 (4.57) |
112 (4.41) |
106 (4.17) |
90 (3.54) |
84 (3.31) |
78 (3.07) |
79 (3.11) |
1,054 (41.5) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 10.1 | 8.7 | 11.1 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 12.1 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 9.7 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 10.8 | 128.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 84 | 80 | 74 | 70 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 75 | 79 | 84 | 85 | 84 | 77 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 46 | 74 | 121 | 156 | 182 | 200 | 226 | 205 | 149 | 91 | 49 | 33 | 1,531 |
| Source: MeteoSwiss [1] | |||||||||||||
References
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<references />, or <references group="..." />- Präsidialdepartement der Stadt Zürich, Statistik Stadt Zürich: Quartierspiegel Affoltern. Zürich 2011 (PDF; 9 MB)
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Quartierverein Affoltern
- Affoltern bei Zürich in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The weather station elevation is 443 meters above sea level.
