Meilen

Summary

Meilen is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Meilen ranks in the top 5% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Meilen is located in Meilen District^[3].
• Meilen is in the country of Switzerland^[4].
• Meilen is on the body of water Lake Zurich^[5].
• Meilen's image is recorded as Meilen - Zürichsee 2010-08-08 18-27-50.JPG^[6].
• Meilen's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[7].
• Meilen's instance of is recorded as city of Switzerland^[8].
• Meilen's official language is recorded as Swiss High German^[9].
• Meilen's shares border with is recorded as Herrliberg^[10].
• Meilen's shares border with is recorded as Horgen^[11].
• Meilen's shares border with is recorded as Uetikon am See^[12].
• Meilen's shares border with is recorded as Wädenswil^[13].
• Meilen's shares border with is recorded as Oberrieden^[14].
• Meilen's shares border with is recorded as Egg^[15].
• Meilen's coat of arms image is recorded as CHE Meilen COA.svg^[16].
• Meilen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ebes^[17].
• Meilen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Polička^[18].
• Meilen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Villa d'Adda^[19].
• Meilen's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 151416447^[20].
• Meilen's GND ID is recorded as 4115081-8^[21].
• Meilen's locator map image is recorded as Karte Gemeinde Meilen.png^[22].
• Meilen's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n92100047^[23].
• Meilen's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11980560r^[24].
• Meilen's postal code is recorded as 8706^[25].
• Meilen's Commons category is recorded as Meilen^[26].
• Meilen's licence plate code is recorded as ZH^[27].

Body

Geography

Meilen is in the country of Switzerland^[4]. Meilen is located in Meilen District^[3]. Meilen is on the body of water Lake Zurich^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+11.93'}^[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+11.94'}^[29]. Meilen's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+420'}^[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+13958'}^[31], {'amount': '+13999'}^[32], and {'amount': '+14207'}^[33].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Municipality of Switzerland^[7] and city of Switzerland^[8]. Meilen's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection^[34].

Why It Matters

Meilen ranks in the top 5% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month).^[2] Meilen has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] Meilen is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]