Meilen

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Meilen

Total population

13,515

Air quality index

28Good

Elevation420 m

Land area11.93 km²

Coordinates47.27°, 8.64°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Meilen is a municipality in the district of Meilen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

C

Conrad Grebel

Swiss theologian

Josias Simmler

Swiss theologian

Johann Balthasar Bullinger

Swiss landscape painter (1713-1793)

R

Reto Götschi

Swiss bobsledder

W

Wilhelm Scheuchzer

Swiss artist (1803–1866)

H

Heiri Leuthold

Swiss geographer (1967-2009)

Johann Jakob Hottinger

Swiss author

T

Theo Hotz

Swiss architect (1928-2018)

Urs Aeberhand

Swiss bobsledder

E

Eugen Corrodi von Elfenau

(1897-1980)

A

Adam Näf

(1495-1571)

S

Shani Tarashaj

Swiss association football player

M

Max Neuenschwander

Swiss association football player

H

Hermann Stadtmann

Swiss politician and entrepreneur (1818-1864)

G

Gilles Roulin

Swiss alpine skier

M

Mark Greuter

Swiss entomologist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Zurich

• Obermeilen
  0.8 mi away
• Feldmeilen
  1.1 mi away
• Au
  1.8 mi away
• Herrliberg
  1.9 mi away · pop. 6,289
• Uetikon am See
  2 mi away · pop. 5,981
• Horgen
  2.1 mi away · pop. 22,514
• Männedorf
  2.7 mi away · pop. 10,588
• Egg
  3 mi away · pop. 7,455
• Oberrieden
  3.1 mi away · pop. 5,027
• Hinteregg
  3.2 mi away
• Wädenswil
  3.2 mi away · pop. 24,341
• Erlenbach ZH
  3.3 mi away · pop. 5,542

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Meilen

Meilen-Rorenhaab

Ursula Hügi · 2000

Meilen-Schellen

Kurt Altorfer · 2005

Genealogisches Verzeichniss der Familie Kölliker Von Herrliberg

Hess John Jacob · 2022

Genealogisches verzeichniss der familie Kölliker von Herrliberg

John Jacob Hess · 1883

Genealogical record of the family of Koelliker of Herrliburg, District Meilen, Canton Zurich, Switzerland

John Jacob Hess

Die Legasthenia als Deutungsschwäche

Hans Grissemann · 1968

Wädenswil-Vorder Au

Anne-Catherine Conscience · 2005

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Old World Swallowtail

Papilio machaon

Seen 2026-06-11

Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil

Polydrusus formosus

Seen 2026-06-11

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Seen 2026-06-11

viper's-bugloss

Echium vulgare

Seen 2026-06-11

Feral Pigeon

Columba livia domestica

Seen 2026-06-10

Yellow Iris

Iris pseudacorus

Seen 2026-06-10

tufted vetch

Vicia cracca

Seen 2026-06-10

creeping thistle

Cirsium arvense

Seen 2026-06-10

Greater butterfly-orchid

Platanthera chlorantha

Seen 2026-06-10

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Meilen, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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