Rapperswil, St. Gallen
former municipality of Switzerland in St. Gallen / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rapperswil (Swiss German: [ˈrɑpːərʃˌʋiːl] or [ˈrɑpːərsˌʋiːl];[2] short: Rappi) was a municipality in See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is at the east side of the Lake Zurich (Zürichsee). As of 31 December 2006, 7,601 people lived there.
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Rapperswil as seen from Etzel mountain: Capuchin monastery to the left, Rapperswil castle and St. John's church in the background, Lake Zürich harbour and Altstadt in the foreground respectively Seedamm, wooden bridge and upper Lake Zurich (Zürichsee) to the right (October 2010) | |
Coordinates: 47°13.6′N 8°49′E | |
Country | Switzerland |
Canton | St. Gallen |
District | See-Gaster |
Municipality | Rapperswil-Jona |
Government | |
• Mayor | Stadtpräsident/Stadtammann (list) |
Area | |
• Total | 1.74 km2 (0.67 sq mi) |
Elevation | 409 m (1,342 ft) |
Population (31 December 2018)[1] | |
• Total | 2,618 |
• Density | 1,500/km2 (3,900/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 | 3336 |
Surrounded by | Altendorf (SZ), Freienbach (SZ), Jona, Bollingen, Lachen (SZ) |
Website | www SFSO statistics |
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On 1 January 2007, the municipalities Rapperswil and Jona joined together to become the new municipality called Rapperswil-Jona.[3]