Meilen District

Meilen District Bezirk Meilen
District

Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zürich
Capital	Meilen
Area
• Total	84.64 km² (32.68 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2014)
• Total	120,967
• Density	1,400/km² (3,700/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Municipalities	11

Coordinates: 47°16′N 8°40′E / 47.267°N 8.667°E / 47.267; 8.667 Meilen District is one of the twelve districts of the German-speaking canton of Zurich, Switzerland. It lies to the south of the canton in the Pfannenstiel region, forming much of the northern shore of Lake Zurich. The district capital is the town of Meilen.

Municipalities

Meilen contains a total of eleven municipalities:

Municipality	Population (31 December 2014)^[1]	Area, km²
Erlenbach	5,443	2.97
Herrliberg	6,240	8.97
Hombrechtikon	8,420	12.19
Küsnacht	13,820	12.35
Männedorf	10,522	4.78
Meilen	13,209	11.93
Oetwil am See	4,581	6.09
Stäfa	13,931	8.59
Uetikon am See	5,948	3.49
Zollikon	12,517	7.84
Zumikon	5,132	5.44
Total	120,967	84.64

References

↑ Canton of Zurich Statistical Office (German) accessed 17 June 2015

Districts of Canton Zürich

Affoltern Andelfingen Bülach Dielsdorf Dietikon Hinwil Horgen Meilen Pfäffikon Uster Winterthur Zurich

Districts of Switzerland Municipalities of the canton of Zürich

Lake Zurich (Zürichsee)

Switzerland Canton of Zürich Horgen Meilen Zürich Canton of St. Gallen See-Gaster Canton of Schwyz Höfe March

Settlements	Altendorf Au Bäch Bollingen Erlenbach Feldbach Feldmeilen Freienbach Herrliberg Horgen Hurden Jona Kehlhof Kempraten Kilchberg Küsnacht Lachen Männedorf Meilen Nuolen Oberrieden Pfäffikon Rapperswil Richterswil Rüschlikon Schmerikon Stäfa Thalwil Uerikon Uetikon am See Wädenswil Zollikon Zürich Centum Prata Prehistoric pile dwellings around Zürichsee Turicum

Islands	Au Peninsula Grosser Hafner Lützelau Saffa Ufenau

Rivers	Jona Limmat Linth

Valleys	Küsnachter Tobel Limmattal Sihltal

Mountains	Adlisberg Buechberg Etzel Pfannenstiel Üetliberg Zimmerberg Zürichberg

Landmarks	Albis Felsenegg Frauenwinkel Rapperswil–Hurden bridge Lindenhof (Rapperswil) Obersee Quaianlagen Rapperswil Castle Seedamm

Transportation	Lake Zurich left-bank railway line including S2 (ZVV), S8 (ZVV), S13 (ZVV), S24 (ZVV), S25 (ZVV), S40 (ZVV) S-Bahn Zürich lines Lake Zurich right-bank railway line including S6 (ZVV), S7 (ZVV), S16 (ZVV) S-Bahn Zürich lines LAF aerial tramway Quaibrücke Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland Zimmerberg bus line Zürichsee-Fähre Horgen–Meilen Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG)

People	Gerold Späth House of Rapperswil Lydia Escher Obersee Nachrichten Radio Zürisee Zürichsee-Zeitung

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Meilen District

Municipalities

See also

References