Meride

village and former municipality in Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland
Place former_municipality_of_switzerland Q68829
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Meride

Summary

Meride is a former municipality of Switzerland[1]. Meride ranks in the top 7% of former_municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Meride is located in Mendrisio[3].
  • Meride is in the country of Switzerland[4].
  • Meride's image is recorded as Camino Spinirola CIMG0557.jpg[5].
  • Meride's instance of is recorded as former municipality of Switzerland[6].
  • Meride's instance of is recorded as village[7].
  • Meride's instance of is recorded as Ortsteil[8].
  • Meride's official language is recorded as Italian[9].
  • Meride's coat of arms image is recorded as Meride-coat of arms.svg[10].
  • Meride's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 241581543[11].
  • Meride's GND ID is recorded as 4298508-0[12].
  • Meride's locator map image is recorded as Karte Quartier Meride.png[13].
  • Meride's postal code is recorded as 6866[14].
  • Meride's Commons category is recorded as Meride[15].
  • Meride's licence plate code is recorded as TI[16].
  • Meride's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[17].
  • Meride's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[18].
  • Meride's local dialing code is recorded as 091[19].
  • Meride's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 45.89036111111111, 'lon': 8.953694444444444}[20].
  • Meride's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0grzpz[21].
  • Meride's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge547080[22].
  • Meride's Swiss municipality code is recorded as 5255[23].
  • Meride's official website is recorded as http://www.meride.ch[24].
  • Meride's HDS ID is recorded as 002235[25].
  • Meride's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Meride[26].
  • Meride's replaced by is recorded as Mendrisio[27].

Body

Geography

Meride is in the country of Switzerland[4]. Meride is located in Mendrisio[3].

Physical Characteristics

Meride's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+7.5'}[28]. Meride's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+580'}[29].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include former municipality of Switzerland[6], village[7], and Ortsteil[8]. Meride's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection[30].

Why It Matters

Meride ranks in the top 7% of former_municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2] Meride has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . classifications.data.admin.ch. classifications.data.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Historicized municipal directory of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Retrieved . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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