Metzerlen-Mariastein

Metzerlen-Mariastein
Mariastein Abbey
Location of Metzerlen-Mariastein
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
 • Total
8.49 km2 (3.28 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
 (December 2020)
 • Total
938
 • Density110/km2 (286/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
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

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.