Zollikon

Also known as Zollikon ZH

Zollikon is a municipality in Meilen District in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland known for being one of Switzerland's most exclusive districts. Besides the main settlement of Zollikon, which lies on the shore of Lake Zurich, the municipality also includes Zollikerberg, at a higher elevation on the road from Zürich to Forch.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Zollikon
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.image_photo: Zollikon_DJI.jpg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Zollikon Flag.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Zollikon COA.svg
Swiss town.canton: Zürich
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-ZH
Swiss town.district: Meilen
Swiss town.postal_code: 8702
Swiss town.municipality_code: 0161
Swiss town.area: 7.84
Swiss town.elevation: 473
Swiss town.website: www.zollikon.ch
Swiss town.places: Zollikerberg
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities: Kilchberg, Küsnacht, Maur, Zumikon, Zürich

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Contents

Geography
Demographics
Transport
People from Zollikon
Enzenbühl cemetery
Gallery
References
External links

==Geography== thumb|left|Swiss Reformed church in Zollikon thumb|Aerial view (1967) Zollikon has an area of . Of this area, 21.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 37.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 40.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 33.3% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (7.5%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.1% of the area. 36.5% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

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