Mies, Switzerland
Mies is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Location of Mies
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Coordinates: 46°18′N 06°10′E / 46.300°N 6.167°ECoordinates: 46°18′N 06°10′E / 46.300°N 6.167°E | |
Country | Switzerland |
Canton | Vaud |
District | Nyon |
Government | |
• Mayor | Syndic Pierre-Alain Schmidt |
Area | |
• Total | 3.47 km2 (1.34 sq mi) |
Elevation | 410 m (1,350 ft) |
Population (Dec 2015) | |
• Total | 1,981 |
• Density | 570.9/km2 (1,478.6/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
Postal code(s) | 1295 |
Surrounded by | Tannay, Chavannes-des-Bois, Versoix (GE) |
Website | www Profile (in French), SFSO statistics |
The municipality is halfway between Geneva and Nyon.
Mies is one of the municipalities of the Canton de Vaud which are collectively known as the "Terre-Sainte".
Gallery
Sports
Mies is home to the headquarters of FIBA, the international governing body of basketball.[1]
Mies, Switzerland Media
References
- ↑ FIBA Administration Department Archived 2016-04-19 at the Wayback Machine accessed 12 December 2014
Other websites
Media related to Mies at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website of Mies (in French)