Balm bei Messen

Summary

Balm bei Messen is a village^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.46% of village entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month, #232 of 50,837).^[2]

Key Facts

• Balm bei Messen is located in Messen^[3].
• Balm bei Messen is in the country of Switzerland^[4].
• Balm bei Messen's image is recorded as BalmbeiMessen03.jpg^[5].
• Balm bei Messen's instance of is recorded as village^[6].
• Balm bei Messen's instance of is recorded as former municipality of Switzerland^[7].
• Balm bei Messen's instance of is recorded as Ortsteil^[8].
• Balm bei Messen's official language is recorded as German^[9].
• Balm bei Messen's coat of arms image is recorded as Balm bei Messen-blason.png^[10].
• Balm bei Messen's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 123135032^[11].
• Balm bei Messen's locator map image is recorded as Karte Lage Kanton Solothurn 2026.png^[12].
• Balm bei Messen's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n78042927^[13].
• Balm bei Messen's postal code is recorded as 3254^[14].
• Balm bei Messen's Commons category is recorded as Balm bei Messen^[15].
• Balm bei Messen's licence plate code is recorded as SO^[16].
• Balm bei Messen's local dialing code is recorded as 031^[17].
• Balm bei Messen's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.104166666667, 'lon': 7.4319444444444}^[18].
• Balm bei Messen's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0g4m_y^[19].
• Balm bei Messen's Swiss municipality code is recorded as 2443^[20].
• Balm bei Messen's HDS ID is recorded as 001076^[21].
• Balm bei Messen's replaced by is recorded as Messen^[22].
• Balm bei Messen's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection^[23].
• Balm bei Messen's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2661630^[24].
• Balm bei Messen's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 8703912^[25].
• Balm bei Messen's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+476'}^[26].
• Balm bei Messen's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2.25'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Balm bei Messen is in the country of Switzerland^[4]. It is located in Messen^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Balm bei Messen's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2.25'}^[27]. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+476'}^[26].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include village^[6], former municipality of Switzerland^[7], and Ortsteil^[8]. Balm bei Messen's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection^[23].

Why It Matters

Balm bei Messen ranks in the top 0.46% of village entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month, #232 of 50,837).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]