Metzerlen-Mariastein
Metzerlen-Mariastein | |
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Mariastein Abbey | |
Location of Metzerlen-Mariastein | |
| Coordinates: 47°28′N 7°28′E / 47.467°N 7.467°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Solothurn |
| District | Dorneck |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.56 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) | |
• Total | 933 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 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 SFSO statistics |
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.