Wiedikon
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Wiedikon is a district in the Swiss
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....

 city of Zurich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...

. It is District number 3.

The district comprises the quarters Alt-Wiedikon
Alt-Wiedikon
Alt-Wiedikon is a quarter in the district 3 of Zurich.It was formerly a part of Wiedikon municipality, which was incorporated into Zurich in 1893.The quarter has a population of 14,971 distributed on an area of 1.85 km².- References :...

, Sihlfeld
Sihlfeld
Sihlfeld is a quarter in the district 3 of Zurich.It was formerly a part of Wiedikon municipality, which was incorporated into Zurich in 1893.The quarter has a population of 20,554 distributed on an area of 1.64 km².-References:...

 and Friesenberg
Friesenberg
Friesenberg is a quarter in the district 3 of Zurich.It was formerly a part of Wiedikon municipality, which was incorporated into Zurich in 1893.The quarter has a population of 10,360 distributed on an area of 5.15 km².- Transportation :...

.

Wiedikon was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zurich in 1893.

Transportation

The municipality is located on the A3 motorway.
Zürich Wiedikon railway station is a stop of the Zürich S-Bahn
Zürich S-Bahn
The Zurich S-Bahn system is a network of rapid transit rail lines that has been incrementally expanded to cover the ZVV area, which comprises the entire canton of Zurich and portions of neighboring cantons The Zurich S-Bahn system is a network of rapid transit rail lines that has been...

 on the lines S2
S2 (ZVV)
The S2 is a regional railway line of the S-Bahn Zürich on the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund , Zürich transportation network, and is one of the network's lines connecting the cantons of Zürich with Schwyz, Glarus and St...

, S8
S8 (ZVV)
The S8 is a regional railway line of the S-Bahn Zürich on the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund , Zürich transportation network, and is one of the network's lines connecting the cantons of Thurgau, Zürich and Schwyz.- Route :...

 and S21
S21 (ZVV)
The S21 is a regional railway line of the S-Bahn Zürich on the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund , Zürich transportation network, and is one of the network's lines connecting the cantons of Zürich and Zug.- Route :...

. The headoffice of Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn
Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn
The Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn – commonly abbreviated to SZU – is a railway company and transport network in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland...

(SZU) is located in Wiedikon.
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