page_title: Birmensdorf, Zürich
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Birmensdorf, Zürich / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Birmensdorf ZH, Switzerland
context_page_description: Birmensdorf is a municipality in the district of Dietikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
context_section_description: Birmensdorf has an area of 11.5 km² (4.4 sq mi).  Of this area, 41% is used for agricultural purposes, while 38.3% is forested.  Of the rest of the land, 20.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).  In 1996 housing and buildings made up 12.8% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (7.3%).  Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.4% of the area.  As of 2007 14.1% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.
  The municipality is located in the Reppischtal.  It includes the hamlet of Landikon and numerous scattered farm houses.  The village of Birmensdorf includes the former hamlets of Wullikon, Schüren, Güpf, Uf Dorf and Risi.
  The Wüeribach stream empties into the Reppisch near Birmensdorf.
caption: Birmensdorf church
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