Balgach

municipality in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland
AdministrativeArea municipality_of_switzerland Q65508
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Balgach

Summary

Balgach is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Balgach ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Balgach was a member of SGV-ACS[3].
  • Balgach is located in Rheintal Constituency[4].
  • Balgach is in the country of Switzerland[5].
  • Balgach's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[6].
  • Balgach's official language is recorded as German[7].
  • Balgach's shares border with is recorded as Au[8].
  • Balgach's shares border with is recorded as Berneck[9].
  • Balgach's shares border with is recorded as Oberegg[10].
  • Balgach's shares border with is recorded as Oberriet[11].
  • Balgach's shares border with is recorded as Widnau[12].
  • Balgach's shares border with is recorded as Diepoldsau[13].
  • Balgach's shares border with is recorded as Rebstein[14].
  • Balgach's shares border with is recorded as Reute[15].
  • Balgach's twinned administrative body is recorded as Hard[16].
  • Balgach's postal code is recorded as 9436[17].
  • Balgach's Commons category is recorded as Balgach[18].
  • Balgach's licence plate code is recorded as SG[19].
  • Balgach's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[20].
  • Balgach's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[21].
  • Balgach's local dialing code is recorded as 071[22].
  • Balgach's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.4, 'lon': 9.5997222222222}[23].
  • Balgach's official website is recorded as https://www.balgach.ch[24].
  • Balgach's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Balgach[25].
  • Balgach has a population of {'amount': '+4650'}[26].
  • Balgach has a population of {'amount': '+4797'}[27].

Body

Geography

Balgach is in the country of Switzerland[5]. Balgach is located in Rheintal Constituency[4].

Physical Characteristics

Balgach covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+6.52'}[28]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+404'}[29] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+406'}[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+4650'}[26] and {'amount': '+4797'}[27].

Designation and Status

Balgach's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[6].

Why It Matters

Balgach ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31 views/month).[2] Balgach has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  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. [29] . wikidata.org.
  27. [30] . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] . 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. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46599|batch #46599]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 14d ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website https://www.balgach.ch
    Country
    Official language
    Located in time zone UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P10381]]: A60536, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/263620|batch #263620]]"
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