Buchs

municipality in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Place municipality_of_switzerland Q68277
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Buchs

Summary

Buchs is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Buchs has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Buchs was a member of SGV-ACS[3].
  • Buchs is located in Werdenberg Constituency[4].
  • Buchs is in the country of Switzerland[5].
  • Buchs is on the body of water Rhine[6].
  • Buchs's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[7].
  • Buchs's instance of is recorded as city of Switzerland[8].
  • Buchs's instance of is recorded as border city[9].
  • Buchs's official language is recorded as Swiss High German[10].
  • Buchs's shares border with is recorded as Vaduz[11].
  • Buchs's shares border with is recorded as Eschen[12].
  • Buchs's shares border with is recorded as Grabs[13].
  • Buchs's shares border with is recorded as Schaan[14].
  • Buchs's shares border with is recorded as Sennwald[15].
  • Buchs's shares border with is recorded as Sevelen[16].
  • Buchs's shares border with is recorded as Gams[17].
  • Buchs's postal code is recorded as 9470[18].
  • Buchs's Commons category is recorded as Buchs, St. Gallen[19].
  • Buchs's licence plate code is recorded as SG[20].
  • Buchs's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[21].
  • Buchs's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[22].
  • Buchs's local dialing code is recorded as 081[23].
  • Buchs's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.16555555555556, 'lon': 9.471111111111112}[24].
  • Buchs's official website is recorded as http://www.buchs-sg.ch[25].
  • Buchs's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Buchs, St. Gallen[26].
  • Buchs has a population of {'amount': '+12531'}[27].

Body

Geography

Buchs is in the country of Switzerland[5]. Buchs is located in Werdenberg Constituency[4]. Buchs is on the body of water Rhine[6].

Physical Characteristics

Buchs covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+15.95'}[28]. Buchs sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+451'}[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+12531'}[27], {'amount': '+12612'}[30], {'amount': '+12654'}[31], and {'amount': '+11535'}[32].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Municipality of Switzerland[7], city of Switzerland[8], and border city[9].

Why It Matters

Buchs has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Buchs is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . 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. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [3] ↑ . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [31] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w 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. 9w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → A60608
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P10381]]: A60608"
  3. 11w ago · ~2026-40263-25 · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in Buchs, Switzerland
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1464]]: [[Q126934939]]"
  4. 13w ago · D3rT!m · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ehlfl id → Buchs
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13079]]: Buchs, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/102007073|Buchs (#102007073)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3981|Historisches Lexikon des Fü"
  5. 15w ago · Lehmannro · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in or next to body of water → Rhine
    Topic's main category → Category:Buchs, St. Gallen
    Official language → Swiss High German
    Member of → —
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P41]]: CHE Buchs SG Flag.svg, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782070149300"
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