About the Department

The Mayor's Department provides a wide range of services.

Residents

The Residents' Office is responsible for registering, overseeing and managing personal data, the registration of changes in civil status as well as the organization of dignified funerals of deceased from various cultural backgrounds.

Cultural Affairs

The City of Zürich offers an extremely varied cultural program.

Urban Development

City and Neighborhood Development

With its analyses, strategies and neighborhood-specific projects, the Office for City and Neighborhood Development is actively involved in implementing the economically, socially and ecologically sustainable development of the city and its neighborhoods.

Economic Development

The administration of the city excels in its role of modern service provider for residents, private individuals and companies alike.

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Cross-Cultural Issues

The City of Zürich's Office for Cross-Cultural Issues is responsible for and coordinates issues relating to integration and migration and is the first contact point for newcomers to the city.

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Gender Equality

The City of Zürich's Office for Gender Equality is responsible for equal opportunities.

Statistics Office

Zürich's Statistic Office collects and publishes statistical information from all areas of life including demographics, the economy, construction, residency and politics.

City Archives

Zürich's Archives Office looks after the archives of the City of Zürich.

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Regional Zürich

Zürich Metropolitan Area - Twelve Agglomerations

From an economic and social point of view, the region of Zürich is probably the most important centre in Switzerland. This gives the City of Zürich with its some 380,000 inhabitants particular locational advantages, such as the international financial centre, various headquarters of international firms and internationally renowned universities.

On a regional and a cantonal level, the City of Zürich can often achieve very little by working alone, since despite city articles in the constitution and in the Tripartite Agglomeration Conference, Swiss cities still carry very little political weight. Furthermore, there are many problems and challenges nowadays, for example in terms of the economy, transport and the environment, which demand solutions which cannot be found within the limits of a city like Zürich but which require increased cooperation with the municipalities in the agglomeration. Institutionalised means of cooperation are available and new applications for them are being discussed.

Examples of some of the important tools for supra-communal cooperation are exchanges within the Zürich Metropolitan Area, participating in the CityRegion.Net project and also the consortium set up back in the 1950s within the Zürich Regional Planning and Surrounding Area (RZU) umbrella organisation.

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