Rapperswil-Jona facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Rapperswil-Jona
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Rapperswil-Jona Location in Switzerland Show map of Switzerland Rapperswil-Jona Location in Canton of St. Gallen Show map of Canton of St. Gallen
Country	Switzerland
Canton	St. Gallen
District	See-Gaster
Area
• Total	22.26 km2 (8.59 sq mi)
Elevation	409 m (1,342 ft)
Population  (Dec 2020 )
• Total	27,483
• Density	1,234.64/km2 (3,197.7/sq mi)
Postal code	8640
Localities	Rapperswil, Jona, Bollingen, Busskirch, Curtiberg, Lenggis, Wagen, Wurmsbach
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)

Rapperswil-Jona (short: Rappi) is a municipality in See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is at the east side of Lake Zurich (Zürichsee). As of December 2016, 26,962 people lived there.

On 1 January 2007 the municipalities Rapperswil and Jona joined together to become the new municipality of Rapperswil-Jona.

Images for kids

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  Rapperswil from the air

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  Rapperswil Hauptplatz (main square)

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  Seedamm causeway

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  Bollingen on upper Lake Zürich

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  St. Martin Busskirch

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  Rapperswil Castle Zeitturm (clock tower). View from Hauptplatz (main square).

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  Wurmsbach Abbey

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  Chapel of St. Dionys

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  Interior of the chapel

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  Paintings on the south wall of the chapel

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  St. Martin Busskirch on Obersee (upper Lake Zürich)

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  inside the medieval Parish church

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  Höllenrachen (Last Judgement) painting inside St. Martin

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  Meienberg hill

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  Rathaus (Town hall) of Rapperswil

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  Schloss Rapperswil and Stadtpfarrkirche (St. John's church)

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  Polish Museum at the Schloss

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  Seedamm bridge across the lake

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  reconstruction of the original wooden bridge from c. 1525 BC between Rapperswil and Hurden

See also

In Spanish: Rapperswil-Jona para niños