Benken

Summary

Benken is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Benken ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Benken was a member of SGV-ACS^[3].
• Benken is located in Andelfingen District^[4].
• Benken is in the country of Switzerland^[5].
• Benken's image is recorded as Benken.JPG^[6].
• Benken's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[7].
• Benken's official language is recorded as German^[8].
• Benken's coat of arms image is recorded as CHE Benken COA.svg^[9].
• Benken's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 240534858^[10].
• Benken's GND ID is recorded as 4542246-1^[11].
• Benken's locator map image is recorded as Karte Gemeinde Benken 2013.png^[12].
• Benken's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nr94014090^[13].
• Benken's postal code is recorded as 8463^[14].
• Benken's Commons category is recorded as Benken^[15].
• Benken's licence plate code is recorded as ZH^[16].
• Benken's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1682088^[17].
• Benken's local dialing code is recorded as 052^[18].
• Benken's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.654166666667, 'lon': 8.6538888888889}^[19].
• Benken's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gs7vy^[20].
• Benken's Swiss municipality code is recorded as 22^[21].
• Benken's official website is recorded as http://www.benken-zh.ch^[22].
• Benken's HDS ID is recorded as 000016^[23].
• Benken's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Benken^[24].
• Benken's population is recorded as {'amount': '+857'}^[25].
• Benken's population is recorded as {'amount': '+858'}^[26].
• Benken's population is recorded as {'amount': '+855'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Benken is in the country of Switzerland^[5]. Benken is located in Andelfingen District^[4].

Physical Characteristics

Benken's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5.66'}^[28]. Benken's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+420'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+857'}^[25], {'amount': '+858'}^[26], and {'amount': '+855'}^[27].

Designation and Status

Benken's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[7]. Benken's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection^[30].

Why It Matters

Benken ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2] Benken has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] Benken is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]