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Meride

village and former municipality in Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland
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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 (26 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Meride is located in Mendrisio[3].
  • Meride is in the country of Switzerland[4].
  • Meride's instance of is recorded as former municipality of Switzerland[5].
  • Meride's instance of is recorded as village[6].
  • Meride's instance of is recorded as Ortsteil[7].
  • Meride's official language is recorded as Italian[8].
  • Meride's postal code is recorded as 6866[9].
  • Meride's Commons category is recorded as Meride[10].
  • Meride's licence plate code is recorded as TI[11].
  • Meride's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[12].
  • Meride's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[13].
  • Meride's local dialing code is recorded as 091[14].
  • Meride's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 45.89036111111111, 'lon': 8.953694444444444}[15].
  • Meride's official website is recorded as http://www.meride.ch[16].
  • Meride's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Meride[17].
  • Meride's replaced by is recorded as Mendrisio[18].
  • Meride's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection[19].
  • Meride's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Meride, Switzerland[20].
  • Meride's category for people who died here is recorded as Category:Deaths in Meride, Switzerland[21].
  • Meride's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Meride, Switzerland[22].
  • Meride sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+580'}[23].
  • Meride covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+7.5'}[24].
  • Meride's has list is recorded as Q23679526[25].

Body

Geography

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

Physical Characteristics

Meride covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+7.5'}[24]. Meride sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+580'}[23].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include former municipality of Switzerland[5], village[6], and Ortsteil[7]. Meride's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection[19].

Why It Matters

Meride ranks in the top 7% of former_municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month).[2] Meride has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26]

Related Entities

Switzerland

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. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Historicized municipal directory of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Retrieved . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Heritage designation → Swiss townscape worthy of protection
    Country → —
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+580'}
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Mendrisio
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||5 */ Cleanup: remove wikimedia refs; split multiple reference URLs ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
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