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 mentionned in 870 as Affaltrahe, and in the 9th century it was reigned by the St. Gallen Abbey, in the 12th/13th century by the Dukes of Regensberg, 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 18,733 distributed on an area of 6.04 km², and is separated by the Käferberg from the inner city.
Transportation
Affoltern is a stop of the S-Bahn Zürich on the line S6.
Weather
| Weather data for Zürich/Affoltern | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 2.1 (36) |
4.6 (40) |
8.9 (48) |
13.2 (56) |
18 (64) |
21.1 (70) |
23.7 (75) |
22.9 (73) |
19.6 (67) |
13.8 (57) |
7.1 (45) |
3.1 (38) |
13.2 (56) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | -0.6 (31) |
0.8 (33) |
4.2 (40) |
8 (46) |
12.4 (54) |
15.6 (60) |
17.8 (64) |
16.9 (62) |
13.8 (57) |
9.1 (48) |
3.9 (39) |
0.5 (33) |
8.5 (47) |
| Average low °C (°F) | -3.7 (25) |
-2.7 (27) |
-0.3 (31) |
2.9 (37) |
6.8 (44) |
10 (50) |
11.9 (53) |
11.6 (53) |
8.8 (48) |
5.2 (41) |
0.7 (33) |
-2.2 (28) |
4.1 (39) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 69 (2.72) |
69 (2.72) |
68 (2.68) |
82 (3.23) |
100 (3.94) |
117 (4.61) |
105 (4.13) |
120 (4.72) |
86 (3.39) |
68 (2.68) |
83 (3.27) |
76 (2.99) |
1,042 (41.02) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 10.1 | 9.1 | 10.5 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 11.6 | 10.9 | 11.6 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 10.1 | 10 | 123.4 |
| Source: MeteoSchweiz [1] 8 May 2009 | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Temperature and Precipitation Average Values-Table, 1961-1990" (in German, French, Italian). Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss. http://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/web/de/klima/klima_schweiz/tabellen.html. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
- Präsidialdepartement der Stadt Zürich, Statistik Stadt Zürich: Quartierspiegel Affoltern. Zürich 2006 (PDF; 2.82 MB)
External links
Media related to Affoltern at Wikimedia Commons- Quartierverein Affoltern
- Affoltern bei Zürich in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
Coordinates: 47°16′34.48″N 8°26′26.51″E / 47.2762444°N 8.4406972°E
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