Frauenfeld
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For other uses, see Frauenfeld (disambiguation).
Frauenfeld (Alemannic: Frauefäld) is the capital of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
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Frauenfeld | |
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Coordinates: 47°33′N 8°54′E | |
Country | Switzerland |
Canton | Thurgau |
District | Frauenfeld |
Government | |
• Executive | Stadtrat with 5 members |
• Mayor | Stadtammann (list) Anders Stokholm FDP/PRD (as of October 2020) |
• Parliament | Gemeinderat with 40 members |
Area | |
• Total | 27.4 km2 (10.6 sq mi) |
Elevation (Church) | 405 m (1,329 ft) |
Highest elevation (Stääli at Oberherten) | 593 m (1,946 ft) |
Lowest elevation (Brüel at Horgenbach) | 380 m (1,250 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 25,607 |
• Density | 930/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
Postal code(s) | 8500 |
SFOS number | 4566 |
ISO 3166 code | CH-TG |
Localities | Gerlikon, Herten, Horgenbach, Huben, Kurzdorf, Langdorf, Schönenhof, Zelgli |
Surrounded by | Aadorf, Bertschikon bei Attikon (ZH), Ellikon an der Thur (ZH), Felben-Wellhausen, Gachnang, Hagenbuch (ZH), Matzingen, Thundorf, Uesslingen-Buch, Warth-Weiningen |
Twin towns | Kufstein (Austria) |
Website | www SFSO statistics |
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The official language of Frauenfeld is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.