Editing Meilen (section)

==Geography==
Meilen has an area of {{convert|11.9|km2|sqmi|sp=us}}.  Of this area, 46.9% is used for agricultural purposes, 24.4% is forested,  27.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).<ref name=SFSO/>  {{as of|1996|alt=In 1996}} housing and buildings made up 21.4% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (5.8%).<ref name=StatZurich/>  Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.2% of the area.  {{as of|2007}} 26.5% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.<ref name=StatZurich/>

It is located on the north bank of the [[lake of Zürich]].  Meilen is located about halfway between Zürich and [[Rapperswil]]. Meilen is connected to ''Horgen'' across the lake by ferry. In the local dialect it is called ''Meile''.

The town is divided into four districts (''Wachten''), namely ''[[Feldmeilen]]'', ''Dorfmeilen'' and ''Obermeilen'' along the lake side, as well as ''Bergmeilen'' towards the [[Pfannenstiel (Zürich)|Mt. Pfannenstiel]]. The districts used to be more autonomous, but today the division is only used for schooling purposes.