Augst

municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland
AdministrativeArea municipality_of_switzerland Q66515
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Augst

Summary

Augst is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Augst ranks in the top 5% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Augst was a member of SGV-ACS[3].
  • Augst is located in Liestal District[4].
  • Augst is in the country of Switzerland[5].
  • Augst is on the body of water Ergolz[6].
  • Augst's image is recorded as Augst.jpg[7].
  • Augst's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[8].
  • Augst's official language is recorded as German[9].
  • Augst's shares border with is recorded as Pratteln[10].
  • Augst's shares border with is recorded as Giebenach[11].
  • Augst's shares border with is recorded as Füllinsdorf[12].
  • Augst's coat of arms image is recorded as Wappen Augst.png[13].
  • Augusta Raurica is named after Augst[14].
  • Augst's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 144125600[15].
  • Augst's GND ID is recorded as 4003622-4[16].
  • Augst's locator map image is recorded as Karte Gemeinde Augst 2007.png[17].
  • Augst's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83058798[18].
  • Augst's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 121685512[19].
  • Augst's postal code is recorded as 4302[20].
  • Augst's Commons category is recorded as Augst[21].
  • Augst's licence plate code is recorded as BL[22].
  • Augst's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1683617[23].
  • Augst's local dialing code is recorded as 061[24].
  • Augst's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.5338077, 'lon': 7.7206018}[25].
  • Augst's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.53194444444444, 'lon': 7.717222222222222}[26].
  • Augst's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0g6f4f[27].

Body

Geography

Augst is in the country of Switzerland[5]. Augst is located in Liestal District[4]. Augst is on the body of water Ergolz[6].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1.64'}[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1.65'}[29]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+274'}[30] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+266'}[31]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1011'}[32] and {'amount': '+1024'}[33].

Designation and Status

Augst's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[8].

History and Context

Augusta Raurica is named after Augst[14].

Why It Matters

Augst ranks in the top 5% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21 views/month).[2] Augst has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Augst is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] . wikidata.org.
  21. [3] . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . GeoNames. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  26. [32] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [33] . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . kanton.baselland.ch. Retrieved . kanton.baselland.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] . GeoNames. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · Dcflyer · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after
    Elevation above sea level {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+274'}, {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+266'}
    Located in or next to body of water Ergolz
    Official website https://kanton.baselland.ch/gemeinden/augst
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P269]]: 030224411"
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