Meilen
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 156
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Meilen centerThe parcel data lists 4’241 parcels in Meilen, covering 11.9 km². 56.5% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 835 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 4’241
- 1.1% of the canton
- Total area
- 11.9 km²
- 0.7% of the canton
- Median area
- 835 m²
- Canton: 815 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 56.5%
- Canton: 56.7%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1972
- Canton: 1977
- Switzerland: 1975
About Meilen
Meilen ranks 17th of 160 municipalities in the canton of Zurich by number of parcels and holds 1.1% of the canton's parcels on 0.7% of its area. The median parcel in Meilen measures 835 m², about the same as the canton median of 815 m². Meilen is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 56.5% of its parcels have a building, against 56.7% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (20.3%), Wohnzone 1.4 (18.7%) and Wohnzone 2.2 (14.4%). In total, Meilen uses 31 zone designations.
According to the building register, Meilen has 3’838 buildings with 7’364 dwellings, 1.9 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 53.3% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 29.6% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (19.2% of them), and 20% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1972, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1977).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 2’396 (56.5%)
Unbuilt: 1’845 (43.5%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 860 | 5.88 km² | 26.3% |
| Wohnzone 1.4 | 792 | 0.81 km² | 76.6% |
| Wohnzone 2.2 | 612 | 0.72 km² | 72.2% |
| Wohnzone 1.8 | 343 | 0.29 km² | 79.0% |
| Wald | 307 | 2.25 km² | 6.2% |
| Kernzone 3 | 282 | 0.13 km² | 66.3% |
| Kernzone 2 | 188 | 0.14 km² | 78.2% |
| Wohnzone 2.8 mit Gewerbeanteil | 148 | 0.20 km² | 66.9% |
| Wohnzone 1.0 | 101 | 0.14 km² | 75.2% |
| Gewässer | 64 | 0.04 km² | 0.0% |
| Wohnzone 2.4 mit Gewerbeanteil | 60 | 0.05 km² | 78.3% |
| Kommunale Freihaltezone | 56 | 0.17 km² | 35.7% |
| Other zones (19 labels) | 428 | 1.12 km² | 59.6% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 3’838 buildings with 7’364 dwellings here; 1’264 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 3’838
- Dwellings
- 7’364
- Single-family houses
- 1’264
- Building volume
- 5.8 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Meilen
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Meilen. Its parcel map shows the parcels of the official cadastral survey with their area, their zone from the municipal zoning plan and their buildings, on swisstopo maps. Building zones, the property map and the geodata of each parcel open on the geopool map. The ÖREB extract of a parcel (public-law restrictions on landownership) is in lookup.
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