has gloss | eng: The European Metropolitan Region of Zurich (EMRZ), also Greater Zurich Area (GZA, German ), the metropolitan area surrounding Zürich, is one of Europe’s economically strongest areas and Switzerland’s economic centre. It comprises the area that can be reached within a roughly 90-minute drive from Zurich Airport. Home to a many international companies, it includes most of the Canton of Zürich, and stretches as far as the Aargau and Solothurn in the West, Thurgau, St. Gallen and parts of Grisons in the East, Schaffhausen in the North and Zug and parts of Schwyz and Glarus in the South. Roughly three million people live in the area. |