Zürich

Zurich (German: Zürich) is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in north-central Switzerland,[5] at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. As of January 2023[update], the municipality had 443,037 inhabitants,[6] the urban area 1.315 million (2009),[7] and the Zurich metropolitan area 1.83 million (2011).[8] Zurich is a hub for railways, roads, and air traffic. Both Zurich Airport and Zurich's main railway station are the largest and busiest in the country. Permanently settled for over 2,000 years, Zurich was founded by the Romans, who called it Turicum. However, early settlements have been found dating back more than 6,400 years (although this only indicates human presence in the area and not the presence of a town that early).[9] During the Middle Ages, Zurich gained the independent and privileged status of imperial immediacy and, in 1519, became a primary centre of the Protestant Reformation in Europe under the leadership of Huldrych Zwingli.[10]