Arbon
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Location of Arbon | |
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| Coordinates: 47°31′N 9°26′E / 47.517°N 9.433°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Thurgau |
| District | Arbon |
| Government | |
| • Executive | Stadtrat with 5 members |
| • Mayor | Stadtammann/Stadtpräsident (list) Andreas Balg FDP/PRD (as of March 2015) |
| • Parliament | Stadtparlament with 30 members |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.00 km2 (2.32 sq mi) |
| Elevation (Galluskapelle) | 399 m (1,309 ft) |
| Population (December 2020) | |
• Total | 14,950 |
| • Density | 2,490/km2 (6,450/sq mi) |
| Demonym | German: Arboner(in) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 9320 Arbon, 9320 Frasnacht, 9320 Stachen |
| SFOS number | 4401 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-TG |
| Localities | Arbon, Frasnacht, Stachen, Schloss, Bergli, Neusätz, Chratzere, Speiserslehn, Scheidweg, Steineloh |
| Surrounded by | Egnach, Roggwil TG, Berg SG, Steinach, Horn |
| Twin towns | Langenargen (Germany), Binn (Switzerland) |
| Website | www.arbon.ch |
Arbon is a historic town and a municipality and district capital of the district of Arbon in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
Arbon is located on the southern shore of Lake Constance, on a railway line between Konstanz/Romanshorn and Rorschach/Chur, or St. Gallen, respectively.
It is the site of prehistoric settlements reaching back 6500 years. Elements of the castle on the peninsula were part of a Late Roman defensive fortification that developed into a medieval town in the first half of the thirteenth century.
The official language of Arbon is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.