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Mühlehorn

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Mühlehorn

Total population

416

Elevation428 m
Land area7.75 km²
Coordinates47.12°, 9.17°

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City facts

Elevation
428 m
Area
7.75 km²

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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 & geography

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

Latitude
47.1169
Longitude
9.1732
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

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Geography & sun

Elevation
1,421 ft (433 m)
Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
3.4
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,240

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

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Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
39
Avg daily Wikipedia views
1
Attention level
Obscure

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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