Bülach District is one of 12 districts of the Canton of Zürich

Canton of Zürich

The Canton of Zurich has a population of . The canton is located in the northeast of Switzerland and the city of Zurich is its capital. The official language is German, but people speak the local Swiss German dialect called Züritüütsch...

 in Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

, with some 117,000 inhabitants the third largest in the canton. Its administrative capital is Bülach

Bülach

Bülach is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Zurich, located in the district of the same name, and belongs to the Glatt Valley .-History:Bülach is first mentioned in 811 as Pulacha...

, the largest municipality is Kloten

Kloten

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, the location of Zurich Airport. It includes the Rafzerfeld north of the Rhine, with Rafz

Rafz

Rafz is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the northwest of the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.-Geography:Rafz has an area of . Of this area, 52% is used for agricultural purposes, while 33.1% is forested...

, Wil

Wil, Zurich

Wil is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.-Geography:Wil has an area of . Of this area, 54.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 30.4% is forested...

, Hüntwangen

Hüntwangen

Hüntwangen is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.-Geography:Hüntwangen has an area of . Of this area, 50.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 32.9% is forested...

 and Wasterkingen

Wasterkingen

Wasterkingen is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.-History:In 2002, Wasterkingen had his 900th birthday, the Wasterkingener celebrated a big party and there were a lot of interesting attractions to learn more about the history of this little...

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The territory of Bülach has been controlled by Zürich since 1409, the remaining parts followed in the later 15th century (Eglisau 1496), with the exception of the Rafzerfeld, which was acquired by Zürich in 1651.