Bülach
Bülach | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Bülach | |
Bülach Bülach | |
| Coordinates: 47°31′N 8°32′E / 47.517°N 8.533°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Zürich |
| District | Bülach |
| Government | |
| • Executive | Stadtrat with 7 members |
| • Mayor | Stadtpräsident Mark Eberli Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland |
| • Parliament | Gemeinderat with 28 members |
| Area | |
• Total | 16.09 km2 (6.21 sq mi) |
| Elevation (Kreisel Marktgasse) | 416 m (1,365 ft) |
| Population (December 2020) | |
• Total | 21,998 |
| • Density | 1,367/km2 (3,541/sq mi) |
| Demonym | German: Bülacher(in) or Büler(in) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 8180 |
| SFOS number | 53 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-ZH |
| Localities | Nussbaumen, Eschenmosen, Wisli, |
| Surrounded by | Bachenbülach, Eglisau, Embrach, Glattfelden, Hochfelden, Höri, Rorbas, Winkel |
| Twin towns | Santeramo in Colle (Italy) |
| Website | www.buelach.ch |
Bülach (German pronunciation: [ˈbyːlax]; High Alemannic: Büüli) is a historic town and a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Zürich. It is the administrative capital of Bülach district. It is situated in the Glatt Valley (German: Glattal) to the east of the small river Glatt and about 4 km (2.5 mi) south of the High Rhine and about 6 km (3.7 mi) north of the Zurich Airport.
The official language of Bülach is Swiss Standard German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.