Egg is a municipality in the district of Uster in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Of the rest of the land, 18.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

As of 2007[update] 12.8% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

There are also smaller settlements (called Aussenwacht): Rällikon, Innervollikon, Usservollikon, Niederesslingen, Rohr, Schaubigen, Eichholz, Neuhaus, and Guldenen.

The coat of arms shows two entwined hands in blue, coming out of silver clouds.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (87.5%), with Italian being second most common ( 2.5%) and English being third ( 2.4%).

[6] The historical population is given in the following table:[3] The town centre of Zürich is connected to Egg with a special tramway — the Forchbahn.