Glattfelden

municipality in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland
Place municipality_of_switzerland Q68399
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Glattfelden is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Glattfelden ranks in the top 6% of municipality of switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (241 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: SGV-ACS[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Bülach District[4]
  • Country: Switzerland[5]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Glatt[6]
  • Instance of: village[7]
  • Official language: German[8]
  • Postal code: 8192[9]
  • Commons category: Glattfelden[10]
  • Licence plate code: ZH[11]
  • Local dialing code: 044[12]
  • Official website: https://www.glattfelden.ch[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Glattfelden[14]
  • Population: 5189[15], 5190[16], 5202[17]
  • External data available at URL: https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/58[18]
  • Heritage designation: Swiss townscape worthy of protection[19]
  • Official name: Glattfelden[20]
  • List of monuments: list of cultural properties in Glattfelden[21]
  • Elevation above sea level: 387 m[22], 366 m[23]
  • Area: 12.3 km²[24], 12.29 km²[25]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[26]

Why It Matters

Glattfelden has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Glattfelden is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . statistik.zh.ch. statistik.zh.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Retrieved . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Q141599379. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . govdirectory.org. Retrieved . govdirectory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Glattfelden. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/glattfelden
MLA “Glattfelden.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 16 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/glattfelden.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_glattfelden_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Glattfelden}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/glattfelden}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-16}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Glattfelden — https://4ort.xyz/entity/glattfelden (retrieved 2026-10-16)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/glattfelden · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5h ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+12.3'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+12.29'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Area: 12.29 square kilometre, area from swisstopo data ([[Wikidata:Requests for permissions/Bot/OKA bot|swisstopo task]])"
  2. 4d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'ar', 'ceb', 'cs', 'cv', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'eu', 'fr', 'it', 'kk', 'lmo'
    Official name → {'lang': 'de-ch', 'text': 'Glattfelden'}, {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Glattfelden'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Official name: Glattfelden, official name from swisstopo data ([[Wikidata:Requests for permissions/Bot/OKA bot|swisstopo task]])"
  3. 16w ago · Lehmannro · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in or next to body of water → Glatt
    Topic's main category → Category:Glattfelden
    Official language → German
    Member of → —
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Flag image: CHE Glattfelden Flag.svg, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782070149300"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.