Bönigen

municipality in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
AdministrativeArea municipality_of_switzerland Q65502
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Bönigen

Summary

Bönigen is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Bönigen ranks in the top 5% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (75 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bönigen was a member of SGV-ACS[3].
  • Bönigen is located in Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district[4].
  • Bönigen is in the country of Switzerland[5].
  • Bönigen is on the body of water Lake Brienz[6].
  • Bönigen's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[7].
  • Bönigen's official language is recorded as German[8].
  • Bönigen's shares border with is recorded as Gsteigwiler[9].
  • Bönigen's shares border with is recorded as Gündlischwand[10].
  • Bönigen's shares border with is recorded as Iseltwald[11].
  • Bönigen's shares border with is recorded as Matten bei Interlaken[12].
  • Bönigen's shares border with is recorded as Ringgenberg[13].
  • Bönigen's shares border with is recorded as Wilderswil[14].
  • Bönigen's shares border with is recorded as Niederried bei Interlaken[15].
  • Bönigen's shares border with is recorded as Interlaken[16].
  • Bönigen's postal code is recorded as 3806[17].
  • Bönigen's Commons category is recorded as Bönigen[18].
  • Bönigen's licence plate code is recorded as BE[19].
  • Bönigen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[20].
  • Bönigen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[21].
  • Bönigen's local dialing code is recorded as 033[22].
  • Bönigen's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.6864, 'lon': 7.8946}[23].
  • Bönigen's official website is recorded as https://www.boenigen.ch[24].
  • Bönigen's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bönigen[25].
  • Bönigen has a population of {'amount': '+2512'}[26].
  • Bönigen has a population of {'amount': '+2535'}[27].

Body

Geography

Bönigen is in the country of Switzerland[5]. Bönigen is located in Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district[4]. Bönigen is on the body of water Lake Brienz[6].

Physical Characteristics

Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+568'}[28] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1158'}[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+2512'}[26], {'amount': '+2535'}[27], {'amount': '+1844'}[30], {'amount': '+1862'}[31], {'amount': '+1898'}[32], and {'amount': '+1947'}[33].

Designation and Status

Bönigen's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[7]. Bönigen's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection[34].

Why It Matters

Bönigen ranks in the top 5% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (75 views/month).[2] Bönigen has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Bönigen is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [3] ↑ . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [30] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [31] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [32] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [33] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [34] ↑ . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Retrieved . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    List of monuments → list of cultural properties in Bönigen
    Official language → German
    Heritage designation → Swiss townscape worthy of protection
    Website → —
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46599|batch #46599]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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