Zollikon

Zollikon is a municipality in the Meilen District in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, known for being one of the most exclusive districts in the country. 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 Zurich to Forch. The municipality covers 7.9 square kilometres, of which 21.2 percent is used for agriculture, 37.7 percent is forested and 40.8 percent is settled land of buildings and roads, with the remaining 0.3 percent non-productive land. In 1996 housing and buildings made up about a third of the total area. Zollikon had 13,311 residents at the end of 2020.