Metzerlen-Mariastein
Metzerlen-Mariastein | |
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Mariastein Abbey | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Metzerlen-Mariastein | |
Metzerlen-Mariastein Metzerlen-Mariastein | |
| Coordinates: 47°28′N 7°28′E / 47.467°N 7.467°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Solothurn |
| District | Dorneck |
| 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 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (286/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 4116 |
| SFOS number | 2477 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-SO |
| Surrounded by | Biederthal (FR-68), Blauen (BL), Burg im Leimental (BL), Dittingen (BL), Hofstetten-Flüh, Leymen (FR-68), Rodersdorf, Röschenz (BL) |
| Website | www.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.