Baar, Switzerland
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| Population | 21,905 (August 2008[update]) | |||||||||
| - Density | 883 /km2 (2,288 /sq mi) | |||||||||
| Area | 24.8 km2 (9.6 sq mi) | |||||||||
| Elevation | 443 m (1,453 ft) | |||||||||
| Postal code | 6340 | |||||||||
| SFOS number | 1701 | |||||||||
| Mayor | Andreas Hotz (as of 2008) | |||||||||
| Localities | Allenwinden, Blickensdorf, Deinikon, Inwil bei Baar, Neuägeri, Sihlbrugg Dorf, Walterswil | |||||||||
| Surrounded by | Hausen am Albis (ZH), Kappel am Albis (ZH), Menzingen, Neuheim, Steinhausen, Unterägeri, Zug | |||||||||
| Website | www.baar.ch SFSO statistics |
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Baar is a village in the canton of Zug in Switzerland.
It is known for having what many consider the best bowling alley in Zug and the International School of Zug and Luzern, or ISZL.
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[edit] Industry
From 1980 to 2006, it was also home to LEGO Produktion AG, a toy manufacturing plant owned by the LEGO Group where some LEGO parts, especially those for the LEGO TECHNIC building sets, were manufactured. In 2006, the LEGO Group announced a restructuring of the current production setup including the outsourcing of some of the production work to Flextronics, a Singaporean electronics company. [1] LEGO Produktion AG in Baar was to be shut down and its operations moved to a plant now owned by Flextronics in Kladno, Czech Republic. LEGO TECHNIC parts would still be manufactured in the headquarters at Billund, Denmark, which then had a workforce of 3,000.[2]
[edit] Transportation
Baar is a stop of the Zürich S-Bahn on the so-called Nachtzug (SN9) of the S9 line, operating on weekends after midnight; it runs between Baar and Zürich Hauptbahnhof. Its train station is a stop of the S-Bahn Zürich on the line S21 between Zug and Zürich Hauptbahnhof, too.
[edit] References
- ^ "LEGO Group to outsource major parts of its production to Flextronics". LEGO.com. http://www.lego.com/eng/info/default.asp?page=pressdetail&contentid=20727&countrycode=2057&yearcode=2006&archive=true. Retrieved on 12 May 2007.
- ^ "Lego to move operations out of Denmark and U.S.". International Herald Tribune. http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/06/21/business/lego.php. Retrieved on 12 May 2007.
[edit] External links
- Official website (German)
- Baar in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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