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Meride
Ticinovillage
Meride
Total population
341
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Meride is a village and former municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 14 April 2013 the former municipalities of Besazio, Ligornetto and Meride merged into the municipality of Mendrisio.
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History
Meride is first mentioned in 852 as Melede. In 1430 it was mentioned as Merede. The area around Meride is of great interest to geologists and paleontologists, due to a Triassic chalk formation, the so-called Meridekalk. Excavation projects at the Monte San Giorgio in the chalk have discovered several new fossils. In 963, the Benedictine abbey of S. Ambrogio in Milan gave their property and farms in Meride to the monastery of San Pietro in Lodi. During the Middle Ages it was part of the Pieve of Riva San Vitale. It formed, along with Besazio and Tremona, a Terzi (third) of the Pieve. The Terzi shared the grazing and timber rights to the surrounding fields and forests. In 1483, Meride separated from the mother church at Riva San Vitale, and became an independent parish. In the same year, the former parish church of San Silvestro, was built on a hill above the village. San Silvestro stands on the remains of what was probably a castle, and the remains of which were integrated into the church. The current parish church of San Rocco, was built in 1578, expanded in 1770–72 and restored in 1969–70. On a hill near the village, a hermitage was built by the blessed Manfredo Settala (12th century-1217). Next to the hermitage, the 13th century chapel of Saint George was built. In the past farming and grazing was the main occupation. In the 20th century the continual population decline continued, until the 1990s when new living spaces allowed the population to stabilize. In 2000 two-thirds of the working population commuted to other municipalities for work. In 1973 a fossil museum opened in Meride. More recently, the summer tourism industry has gained a foothold in the village.
Geography
Before the merger, Meride had a total area of . The municipality is located in the Mendrisio district. It stretches from the peak of San Giorgio mountain down to the lower slope of the mountain, where the village center lies.
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
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Notable people from here
Nearby places in Ticino
- Tremona0.7 mi away · pop. 523
- Arzo1.2 mi away · pop. 1,255
- Besazio1.2 mi away · pop. 613
- Riva San Vitale1.3 mi away · pop. 2,539
- Rancate1.5 mi away · pop. 1,618
- Capolago1.7 mi away · pop. 824
- Ligornetto1.9 mi away · pop. 1,798
- Mendrisio2.1 mi away · pop. 15,562
- Salorino2.3 mi away · pop. 489
- Genestrerio2.5 mi away · pop. 1,100
- Brusino Arsizio2.6 mi away · pop. 469
- Melano2.7 mi away · pop. 1,359
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Books about Meride
Search results from Open Library.
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Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 5255
- Wikidata
- Q68829
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771