Jona facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Jona
Former municipality of Switzerland
Jona in October 2010
Coat of arms
Jona Location in Switzerland Show map of Switzerland Jona Location in Canton of St. Gallen Show map of Canton of St. Gallen
Country	Switzerland
Canton	St. Gallen
District	See-Gaster
Municipality	Rapperswil-Jona
Area
• Total	20.43 km2 (7.89 sq mi)
Elevation	409 m (1,342 ft)
Population
• Total	17,799
• Density	871.22/km2 (2,256.4/sq mi)
Postal code	8645
Localities	Bollingen, Busskirch, Curtiberg, Kempraten-Lenggis, Wagen, Wurmsbach
Surrounded by	Altendorf (SZ), Bubikon (ZH), Eschenbach, Freienbach (SZ), Hombrechtikon (ZH), Kempraten, Lachen (SZ), Rapperswil, Rüti (ZH), Schmerikon, Tuggen (SZ), Wangen (SZ)

Jona was a municipality in See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. On 1 January 2007 the municipalities Rapperswil and Jona joined together to become a new municipality called Rapperswil-Jona.

Images for kids

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  Grünfels estate

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  St. Martin Busskirch

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  Jona and Rapperswil (1804)

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  thumbJona river in Jona, Stadthaus (city hall) to the left

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  Jona train station on the S-Bahn Zürich lines S5 and S15