Rapperswil-Jona

Rapperswil-Jona, formed by merging Rapperswil and Jona at the beginning of 2007, is located toward the south end of Lake Zürich. It is at one end of a bridge crossing the lake and is on the minor Jona River that flows into the lake. It has a population of 25 thousand.¹ Within and at the edge of the municipality are the remains of pile dwelling settlements that are part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.²

External references

cityscape of Rapperswil-Jona, Helvetia (Schweiz or Switzerland)

Footnotes

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Switzerland, 2012 figure, accessed 9/13/2013.
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistoric_Pile_dwellings_around_the_Alps, accessed 11/19/2013. The settlements' modern names are Feldbach (occupied 4000 to 1000 BCE) and Technikum (occupied 2000 to 1500 BCE).