Alterswil

former Swiss municipality
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Alterswil

Summary

Alterswil is a former municipality of Switzerland[1]. Alterswil ranks in the top 8% of former_municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Alterswil is located in Tafers[3].
  • Alterswil is located in Sense District[4].
  • Alterswil is located in Canton of Fribourg[5].
  • Alterswil is in the country of Switzerland[6].
  • Alterswil is on the body of water Sense[7].
  • Alterswil's image is recorded as Alterswil Hotel Alpenrose 1.jpg[8].
  • Alterswil's instance of is recorded as former municipality of Switzerland[9].
  • Alterswil's instance of is recorded as Ortsteil[10].
  • Alterswil's coat of arms image is recorded as CHE Alterswil COA.svg[11].
  • Alterswil's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 1143155226741684490000[12].
  • Alterswil's GND ID is recorded as 4560669-9[13].
  • Alterswil's locator map image is recorded as Karte Gemeinde Alterswil 2007.png[14].
  • Alterswil's postal code is recorded as 1715[15].
  • Alterswil's part of is recorded as Tafers[16].
  • Alterswil's Commons category is recorded as Alterswil[17].
  • Alterswil's licence plate code is recorded as FR[18].
  • Alterswil's local dialing code is recorded as 026[19].
  • Alterswil's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.79256, 'lon': 7.26376}[20].
  • Alterswil's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0kw4td[21].
  • Alterswil's Swiss municipality code is recorded as 2291[22].
  • Alterswil's HDS ID is recorded as 001023[23].
  • Alterswil's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alterswil[24].
  • Alterswil's population is recorded as {'amount': '+2029'}[25].
  • Alterswil's population is recorded as {'amount': '+2028'}[26].
  • Alterswil's external data available at URL is recorded as https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/2291[27].

Body

Geography

Alterswil is in the country of Switzerland[6]. Located in include Tafers[3], a Municipality of Switzerland[28], in Switzerland[29]; Sense District[4], a district of the canton of Fribourg[30], in Switzerland[31]; and Canton of Fribourg[5], a canton of Switzerland[32], in Switzerland[33], founded in 1481[34]. Alterswil is on the body of water Sense[7]. Alterswil's part of is recorded as Tafers[16].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+16.1'}[35] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+16.14'}[36]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+758'}[37] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+743'}[38]. Population counts include {'amount': '+2029'}[25] and {'amount': '+2028'}[26].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include former municipality of Switzerland[9] and Ortsteil[10].

Why It Matters

Alterswil ranks in the top 8% of former_municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).[2] Alterswil has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] Alterswil is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . classifications.data.admin.ch. classifications.data.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [37] . wikidata.org.
  27. [38] . wikidata.org.
  28. [35] . wikidata.org.
  29. [36] . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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