Rapperswil-Jona
Rapperswil-Jona | |
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Rapperswil-Jona as seen from Kempraten-Lenggis, Jona to the left, Rapperswil and Seedamm to the right, Obersee (upper Lake Zürich) and Lachen (SZ) in the background (March 2010) | |
Location of Rapperswil-Jona | |
| Coordinates: 47°13′N 8°49′E / 47.217°N 8.817°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | St. Gallen |
| District | See-Gaster |
| Government | |
| • Executive | Stadtrat with 7 members |
| • Mayor | Stadtpräsident (list) Barbara Dillier (as of January 2025) |
| Area | |
• Total | 22.17 km2 (8.56 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 409 m (1,342 ft) |
| Highest elevation (Eggwald, Wagen) | 544 m (1,785 ft) |
| Lowest elevation (Busskirch) | 407 m (1,335 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018) | |
• Total | 26,995 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,200/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 | 3340 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-SG |
| Localities | Rapperswil, Jona, Bollingen, Busskirch, Curtiberg, Kempraten-Lenggis, Wagen |
| Surrounded by | Altendorf (SZ), Bubikon (ZH), Eschenbach, Freienbach (SZ), Hombrechtikon (ZH), Lachen (SZ), Rüti (ZH), Schmerikon, Tuggen (SZ), Wangen (SZ) |
| Twin towns | Aalborg (Denmark), Bagno di Romagna (Italy) |
| Website | rapperswil-jona SFSO statistics |
Rapperswil-Jona is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Besides Rapperswil and Jona, which were separate municipalities until 2006, Rapperswil-Jona also includes Bollingen, Busskirch, Curtiberg, Kempraten-Lenggis, and Wagen.
The official language of Rapperswil is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.