Bezirk Meilen
ZurichBezirk Meilen is one of 12 districts of the canton of Zurich and comprises 11 municipalities with 110'383 residents in all (BFS, 2025). A district is an administrative unit of the canton — a court and administrative area, not a postal delivery area: postal codes and localities follow delivery routes and can cross district borders.
Municipalities in Bezirk Meilen
BFS · 11Votes in Bezirk Meilen
district results as published by BFSPolitics
National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalitiesTax rate in the district
ESTV 2026A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 71 % % in Zumikon to 114 % % in Oetwil am See (median 79 % %).
Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 9.6 % in Zumikon to 11.6 % in Oetwil am See (ESTV 2'026)
Housing
BFSVacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)
Population change
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesEconomy
BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalitiesAgriculture
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesClimate · Terrain
MeteoSchweiz · swisstopoClimate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon
Energy · Accessibility
BFE · ElCom · ARESolar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (23.872–30.983 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities
Where the municipalities of Bezirk Meilen rank
sum of its municipalities4 of these postal codes reach across the district border.
Map
swisstopo · OSM- Which municipalities belong to Bezirk Meilen?
- Bezirk Meilen comprises 11 municipalities: Küsnacht, Stäfa, Meilen, Zollikon, Männedorf, Hombrechtikon, Herrliberg, Uetikon am See, Zumikon, Erlenbach, Oetwil am See. Together they have 110'383 residents (BFS, 2025).
- Which canton is Bezirk Meilen in?
- Bezirk Meilen lies in the canton of Zurich, which is divided into 12 districts.
- How many people live in Bezirk Meilen?
- Bezirk Meilen has 110'383 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 11 municipalities; the largest is Küsnacht with 15'250.
- Does Bezirk Meilen have its own tax rate?
- No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Bezirk Meilen the municipal rate ranges from 71 % (Zumikon) to 114 % (Oetwil am See).
- How did Bezirk Meilen vote in the latest federal vote?
- On 14.06.2026, Bezirk Meilen voted 59.6 % yes on “Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)” (Accepted) — the district figure BFS publishes.
Districts exist in 17 cantons; UR, OW, NW, GL, ZG, BS, AI, NE and GE have no such level.