Rüschlikon rated most attractive Swiss municipality
"Attractiveness" was judged by a number of quality-of-life factors, including community safety and infrastructure.
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The three square kilometre (one square mile) community of Rüschlikon in canton Zurich has been named Switzerland’s most attractive, by Zurich-based news weekly Die Weltwoche.
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The publication made its judgement by evaluating 919 Swiss municipalities against 50 quality of life categories, including tax burden, infrastructure and community safety.
Three other Zurich communities – Zumikon, Zollikon, and Kilchberg – took the second, third, and fourth prizes, respectively. Corsier in canton Geneva took fifth place and Comano in Italian-speaking canton Ticino came in sixth. Bringing up the rear in 919th place was Porrentruy, canton Jura.
Rüschlikon, which is located on the west shore of Lake Zurich and has a population of about 6,000, rose from fifth place last year to top the list of Swiss municipalities with more than 2,000 inhabitants. Switzerland has a total of 2,287 municipalities – the smallest division of government.
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Many notable figures call Rüschlikon home including Glencore CEO Ivan Glasenberg, Lafarge-Holcim CEO Eric Olsen, Swiss Federal Railways president Monika Ribar and president of Zurich football club FCZ Ancillo Canepa.
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