Zollikon
Sign in to saveZollikon 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
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
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- Geography
- Demographics
- Transport
- People from Zollikon
- Enzenbühl cemetery
- Gallery
- References
- External links
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.
==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.