Zell is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Of the rest of the land, 12.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (2.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

As of 2007[update], 12.2% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

In Zell-Rikon is a Tibetan monastery, the Tibet Institute Rikon.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (87.6%), with Italian being second most common ( 2.8%) and Albanian being third ( 1.8%).

[4] Zell lies on the Tösstalbahn railway that links Winterthur and Rüti ZH, and the stations of Rämismühle-Zell, Rikon and Kollbrunn are all within the municipality.