Metzerlen-Mariastein

Metzerlen-Mariastein
Mariastein Abbey
Mariastein Abbey
Coat of arms of Metzerlen-Mariastein
Location of Metzerlen-Mariastein
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Metzerlen-Mariastein is located in Switzerland
Metzerlen-Mariastein
Metzerlen-Mariastein
Metzerlen-Mariastein is located in Canton of Solothurn
Metzerlen-Mariastein
Metzerlen-Mariastein
Coordinates: 47°28′N 7°28′E / 47.467°N 7.467°E / 47.467; 7.467
CountrySwitzerland
CantonSolothurn
DistrictDorneck
Area
 • Total8.56 km2 (3.31 sq mi)
Elevation
526 m (1,726 ft)
Highest elevation
(Ränzeboden/Challplatten)
875 m (2,871 ft)
Lowest elevation
(Ried/Geissberg)
474 m (1,555 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[2]
 • Total933
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
4116
SFOS number2477
ISO 3166 codeCH-SO
Surrounded byBiederthal (FR-68), Blauen (BL), Burg im Leimental (BL), Dittingen (BL), Hofstetten-Flüh, Leymen (FR-68), Rodersdorf, Röschenz (BL)
Websitewww.metzerlen.ch
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Metzerlen-Mariastein is a municipality in the district of Dorneck in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. The present name of the municipality dates from 2003, it being previously known as Metzerlen.

The nearby Benedictine Mariastein Abbey is an important place of pilgrimage.

  1. ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.