Mies, Switzerland - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 |
Mies is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
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
[change | change source]- Town Hall of Mies
- Mies
Sports
[change | change source]Mies is home to the headquarters of FIBA, the international governing body of basketball.[3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 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
[change | change source] Media related to Mies at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website of Mies (in French)