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Mühlehorn
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Mühlehorn
Total population
416
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Mühlehorn is a former municipality in the canton of Glarus, Switzerland, located on Lake Walen. Effective from 1 January 2011, Mühlehorn is part of the municipality of Glarus Nord.
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History
Mühlehorn is first mentioned in 1551 as Mülihorn.
Geography
Mühlehorn has an area, , of . Of this area, 33.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 52.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (9.9%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Mühlehorn is located on the southern shore of the Walensee. It consists of the village of Mühlehorn and the hamlets of Vortobel, Tiefenwinkel and Mühletal which are on the north-east border of the canton. It lies north of the Mürtschenstock massif.
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
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Nearby places in Glarus
- Obstalden1.1 mi away · pop. 443
- Filzbach2.1 mi away · pop. 509
- Mollis4.9 mi away · pop. 3,337
- Oberurnen5.3 mi away · pop. 1,963
- Näfels5.3 mi away · pop. 4,021
- Ziegelbrücke5.4 mi away
- Niederurnen5.7 mi away · pop. 3,928
- Netstal6.8 mi away · pop. 2,875
- Glarus7.2 mi away · pop. 5,500
- Ennenda7.3 mi away · pop. 2,726
- Riedern7.4 mi away · pop. 734
- Bilten7.5 mi away · pop. 2,500
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 1618
- Wikidata
- Q661640
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Elevation
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771