Winterthur District
# Winterthur District

47°30′N 8°46′E﻿ / ﻿47.500°N 8.767°E﻿ / 47.500; 8.767 Winterthur District is one of the twelve districts of the German-speaking canton of Zürich, Switzerland. It has a population of 173,053 (as of 31 December 2020). Its capital is the city of Winterthur.

## Municipalities

Winterthur District contains a total of 19 municipalities:

| Coat of arms | Municipality | Population (31 December 2020) | Area, $km^2$ |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Altikon | 701 | 7.68 |
| | Brütten | 2,063 | 6.67 |
| | Dägerlen | 1,037 | 7.90 |
| | Dättlikon | 797 | 2.87 |
| | Dinhard | 1,741 | 7.15 |
| | Elgg | 4,960 | 15.53 |
| | Ellikon an der Thur | 936 | 4.92 |
| | Elsau | 3,657 | 8.06 |
| | Hagenbuch | 1,095 | 8.17 |
| | Hettlingen | 3,101 | 5.87 |
| | Neftenbach | 5,756 | 14.95 |
| | Pfungen | 3,948 | 4.99 |
| | Rickenbach | 2,796 | 6.03 |
| | Schlatt | 779 | 9.03 |
| | Seuzach | 7,420 | 7.56 |
| | Turbenthal | 4,983 | 25.07 |
| | Wiesendangen | 6,633 | 19.17 |
| | Winterthur | 114,220 | 67.93 |
| | Zell | 6,430 | 12.70 |
| Total | | 173,053 | 251.25 |

## Mergers

On 1 January 2014 the former municipality of Bertschikon merged into the municipality of Wiesendangen.

On 1 January 2018 the former municipality of Hofstetten merged into the municipality of Elgg.

