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Rafz
Coat of arms of Rafz
Location of Rafz
Map
CountrySwitzerland
CantonZurich
DistrictBülach
Government
 • MayorHans Rutschmann
Area
 • Total
10.74 km2 (4.15 sq mi)
Elevation
419 m (1,375 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[2]
 • Total
4,576
 • Density430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
8197
SFOS number0067
ISO 3166 codeCH-ZH
Surrounded byBuchberg (SH), Dettighofen (DE-BW), Eglisau, Jestetten (DE-BW), Lottstetten (DE-BW), Rüdlingen (SH), Wil
Twin townsHetvehely (Hungary)
Websitewww.rafz.ch
SFSO statistics

Rafz is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the northwest of the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Rafz has border crossings into Germany at Schluchenberg with Baltersweil in Baden-Wurttemberg state, Germany to the north of town; Rafz town with Lottstetten town also in Baden-Wurttemberg, and at Solgen with Lottstetten.

  1. ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.