Location information
PLZ 8001- Postal code
- 8001
- Place name
- Zürich
- Municipality
- Zurich
- Canton
- ZurichZH
- Language
- German (Deutsch)
- Area
- 1.9 km²
- City quarters
- City30.8%, Hochschulen22.8%, Rathaus19.1%, Lindenhof14.3%, Hottingen2.3%, Langstrasse1.3%
Geographic coordinates
swisstopo- Latitude
- 47.372300°
- Longitude
- 8.542500°
- Municipality key (BFS)
- 261
About this postal code
Postal code 8001 serves the area of Zürich in the canton of ZH, Switzerland. The municipality is identified by the official key 261. The primary language in this region is German.
City quarters
BFS · 2024Postal code 8001 Zürich covers parts of several statistical city quarters — a postal code is a delivery area, not a single neighbourhood: City, Hochschulen, Rathaus, Lindenhof, Hottingen & Langstrasse.
Share by area of the postal-code perimeter that falls in each BFS statistical quarter (City Statistics cities only). Percentages are of the postal code, not of the quarter.
- residents
- 721
- Median age
- 39.7
- Foreign
- 34.4%
- residents
- 602
- Median age
- 37.8
- Foreign
- 36.9%
- residents
- 3'110
- Median age
- 40.8
- Foreign
- 33.2%
- residents
- 1'093
- Median age
- 43.3
- Foreign
- 34.9%
- residents
- 11'175
- Median age
- 41.6
- Foreign
- 29.0%
- residents
- 11'451
- Median age
- 36.9
- Foreign
- 41.1%
6.9% of 8001 is lake surface inside the city boundary — the FSO's statistical quarters exclude the lake.
City districts
BFS · Σ City quartersPostal code 8001 Zürich lies in Kreis 1, Kreis 7 & Kreis 4 — each share is the sum of its quarter shares; a postal code belongs to no city district.
Share of the postal-code perimeter per city district (Zürich, Winterthur), summed over the district's statistical quarters.
Localities
swisstopo · 1Taxes in Zurich
ESTV · 2026Tax multipliers apply per municipality — shown for Zurich.
Tax rank 143 of 160 in canton ZurichAccessibility (municipality of Zurich)
ARE · NPVMElectricity (municipality of Zurich)
ElCom · 2027 · BFEHealth-insurance premiums
BAG · 2024Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 1 of canton Zurich. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Zurich (2024, BAG) — a region-specific average is not available in the cantonal data.
Nearby postal codes
swisstopo- Where is postal code 8001?
- Postal code 8001 covers Zürich in the municipality of Zurich, canton ZH.
- Which municipality does postal code 8001 belong to?
- Postal code 8001 belongs to Zurich, canton ZH.
- Which city quarters does postal code 8001 cover?
- Postal code 8001 covers parts of City (30.8%), Hochschulen (22.8%), Rathaus (19.1%), Lindenhof (14.3%), Hottingen (2.3%), Langstrasse (1.3%). No quarter belongs entirely to a postal code: the percentages are the share of the code's area that falls in each quarter.
- Which city district is postal code 8001 in?
- Postal code 8001 lies 87.0% Kreis 1, 2.3% Kreis 7, 1.3% Kreis 4. Postal codes are delivery areas and do not follow district borders.
- Which district (Bezirk) is postal code 8001 in?
- Every municipality of postal code 8001 lies in Bezirk Zürich (canton ZH).