title: Horgen District
text: # Horgen District
  
  47°14′N 8°36′E﻿ / ﻿47.233°N 8.600°E﻿ / 47.233; 8.600 Horgen District is a district of Canton of Zürich in Switzerland. The district is located in the Zimmerberg and Sihl Valley region on the left shore of Lake Zürich; its district capital is Horgen. In the northern part of the district, the municipalities have grown together with the city of Zürich, while in the south-western part, the Sihlwald is the largest contiguous natural mixed deciduous forest on the Swiss Plateau. The district consists of 11 municipalities and has a population of 127,263 (as of 31 December 2020) and an area of 104.16 $km^2$ (40.22 sq mi).
  
  ## Municipalities
  
  | Municipality | Population (31 December 2020) | Area, km² |
  | - | - | - |
  | Adliswil | 19,049 | 7.79 |
  | Horgen-Sihlbrugg Dorf | 23,090 | 21.07 |
  | Kilchberg | 9,207 | 2.58 |
  | Langnau am Albis | 7,902 | 8.66 |
  | Oberrieden | 5,122 | 2.76 |
  | Richterswil-Samstagern | 13,670 | 7.54 |
  | Rüschlikon | 6,113 | 2.94 |
  | Thalwil | 18,278 | 5.53 |
  | Wädenswil | 21,792 | 17.37 |
  | Total | 127,263 | 104.16 |
  
      ^a Sihlbrugg Dorf and Samstagern are both significant villages that are not independent municipalities.
  
  ## Mergers
  
  * On 1 January 2018 the former municipality of Hirzel merged into the municipality of Horgen.
  * On 1 January 2019 the former municipalities of Hütten and Schönenberg merged into the municipality of Wädenswil.
  