Uster

Uster
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Uster
Uster Show map of Switzerland Uster Show map of Canton of Zürich
Coordinates: 47°21′N 8°43′E / 47.350°N 8.717°E / 47.350; 8.717
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zürich
District	Uster
Government
• Executive	Stadtrat with 7 members
• Mayor	Stadtpräsidentin (list) Barbara Thalmann Stammbach SPS/PSS (as of July 2018)
• Parliament	Gemeinderat with 36 members
Area [1]
• Total	28.56 km2 (11.03 sq mi)
Elevation	462 m (1,516 ft)
Population  (31 December 2018)[2]
• Total	34,715
• Density	1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	8610
SFOS number	0198
ISO 3166 code	CH-ZH
Localities	Kirchuster, Freudwil, Nänikon, Niederuster, Nossikon, Oberuster, Riedikon, Sulzbach, Wermatswil, Werrikon, Winikon-Gschwader
Surrounded by	Fehraltorf, Gossau, Greifensee, Maur, Mönchaltorf, Pfäffikon, Seegräben, Volketswil
Twin towns	Prenzlau (Germany)
Website	www.uster.ch SFSO statistics

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.