Effective from 1 January 2011, Bilten is part of the municipality of Glarus Nord.

Of the rest of the land, 8.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

[2] Bilten was the most northerly municipality in the canton and is located on the southern end of the Linth river.

Bilten railway station is a stop of the Zurich S-Bahn service S2.

It is the penultimate stop on the S2 line southbound before Ziegelbrücke where the train terminates.