Meilen

Summary

Meilen is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Meilen has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[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 instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[6].
• Meilen's instance of is recorded as city of Switzerland^[7].
• Meilen's official language is recorded as Swiss High German^[8].
• Meilen's shares border with is recorded as Herrliberg^[9].
• Meilen's shares border with is recorded as Horgen^[10].
• Meilen's shares border with is recorded as Uetikon am See^[11].
• Meilen's shares border with is recorded as Wädenswil^[12].
• Meilen's shares border with is recorded as Oberrieden^[13].
• Meilen's shares border with is recorded as Egg^[14].
• Meilen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ebes^[15].
• Meilen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Polička^[16].
• Meilen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Villa d'Adda^[17].
• Meilen's postal code is recorded as 8706^[18].
• Meilen's Commons category is recorded as Meilen^[19].
• Meilen's licence plate code is recorded as ZH^[20].
• Meilen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[21].
• Meilen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[22].
• Meilen's local dialing code is recorded as 01^[23].
• Meilen's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.270277777778, 'lon': 8.6411111111111}^[24].
• Meilen's official website is recorded as https://www.meilen.ch^[25].
• Meilen's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Meilen^[26].
• Meilen has a population of {'amount': '+13958'}^[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 sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+420'}^[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+13958'}^[27], {'amount': '+13999'}^[31], and {'amount': '+14207'}^[32].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Municipality of Switzerland^[6] and city of Switzerland^[7]. Meilen's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection^[33].

Why It Matters

Meilen has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Meilen is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]