Mies, Switzerland
municipality in Switzerland
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Mies is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Mies | |
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Coordinates: 46°18′N 06°10′E / 46.300°N 6.167°E | |
Country | Switzerland |
Canton | Vaud |
District | Nyon |
Government | |
• Mayor | Syndic Pierre-Alain Schmidt |
Area | |
• Total | 3.47 km2 (1.34 sq mi) |
Elevation | 410 m (1,350 ft) |
Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
• Total | 2,078 |
• Density | 600/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
Postal code(s) | 1295 |
SFOS number | 5723 |
Surrounded by | Tannay, Chavannes-des-Bois, Versoix (GE) |
Website | www Profile (in French), SFSO statistics |
The municipality is halfway between Geneva and Nyon.
Mies is one of the municipalities of the Canton de Vaud which are collectively known as the "Terre-Sainte".
Gallery
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Town Hall of Mies
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Mies
Sports
changeMies is home to the headquarters of FIBA, the international governing body of basketball.[3]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ↑ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ↑ FIBA Administration Department Archived 2016-04-19 at the Wayback Machine accessed 12 December 2014
Other websites
changeMedia related to Mies at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website of Mies (in French)