Meilen District is one of the twelve districts of the

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-speaking

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. It lies to the south of the canton in the Pfannenstiel region, forming much of the northern shore of

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. The district capital is the town of

Meilen Meilen is a municipality in the district of Meilen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Archaeological finds in Meilen date back more than 4,000 years. In January 1854 the level of lake Zürich was particularly low and the locals ...

Municipalities

Meilen contains a total of eleven

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References

{{Authority control Districts of the canton of Zürich