Uster (High Alemannic: Uschter) is a town and the capital of the Uster District in the Swiss canton of Zürich.
The importance of the town of Uster has grown considerably with the construction of the S-Bahn network of the Zürich Transport Network. With over 36,000 inhabitants, it is the third largest town in the canton and is one of the twenty largest towns in Switzerland. Along with Wetzikon, it forms one of the two centres of the Zürcher Oberland. Uster is located next to a lake, called Greifensee.
The official language of Uster is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.
The town of Uster received the Wakker Prize in 2001.
Distance between:
Geneva to Uster146 Miles / 235 Kms Lucerne to Uster28 Miles / 45 Kms Zürich to Uster8 Miles / 13 Kms Basel to Uster56 Miles / 90 Kms Bern to Uster66 Miles / 107 Kms Lausanne to Uster112 Miles / 181 Kms
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Population 2019
Total: 34 722
Total Men: 17 124
Total Women: 17 598
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