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Zürich is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 376,815 at the end of 2007; population of urban area is 1,007,972) and capital of the canton of Zürich. The city is Switzerland's main commercial and cultural centre (the political capital of Switzerland being Bern), and is widely considered to be one of the world's global cities. According to several surveys in 2006 and 2007, Zürich was named the city with the "best quality of life" in the world. Name: The earliest known form of the city's name is "Turicum", attested on a tombstone of the late 2nd century AD in the form "STA(tio) TURICEN(sis)" ("taxation post of Turicum"). Neither the name's linguistic origin (most likely Rhaetic or Celtic) nor its meaning can be determined with certainty. A possibility is derivation from "*Turīcon", from the Gaulish personal name "Tūros". A first development towards its later, Germanic form is attested as early as the 6th century AD with the form "Ziurichi". From the 10th century onward, the ... Read more about Zürich (Kreis 5) on Wikipedia

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