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 ranks in the top 4% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (51 views/month).[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 image is recorded as Buchs SG.JPG[7].
  • Buchs's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[8].
  • Buchs's instance of is recorded as city of Switzerland[9].
  • Buchs's instance of is recorded as border city[10].
  • Buchs's official language is recorded as Swiss High German[11].
  • Buchs's shares border with is recorded as Vaduz[12].
  • Buchs's shares border with is recorded as Eschen[13].
  • Buchs's shares border with is recorded as Grabs[14].
  • Buchs's shares border with is recorded as Schaan[15].
  • Buchs's shares border with is recorded as Sennwald[16].
  • Buchs's shares border with is recorded as Sevelen[17].
  • Buchs's shares border with is recorded as Gams[18].
  • Buchs's coat of arms image is recorded as CHE Buchs SG COA.svg[19].
  • Buchs's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 873145858285323022799[20].
  • Buchs's GND ID is recorded as 4197383-5[21].
  • Buchs's locator map image is recorded as Karte Gemeinde Buchs SG.png[22].
  • Buchs's postal code is recorded as 9470[23].
  • Buchs's Commons category is recorded as Buchs, St. Gallen[24].
  • Buchs's licence plate code is recorded as SG[25].
  • Buchs's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1683869[26].
  • Buchs's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[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's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+15.95'}[28]. Buchs's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+451'}[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+12531'}[30], {'amount': '+12612'}[31], {'amount': '+12654'}[32], and {'amount': '+11535'}[33].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Municipality of Switzerland[8], city of Switzerland[9], and border city[10].

Why It Matters

Buchs ranks in the top 4% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (51 views/month).[2] Buchs has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Buchs is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [24] . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] . wikidata.org.
  24. [27] . wikidata.org.
  25. [3] . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . wikidata.org.
  27. [31] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [32] . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [33] . wikidata.org.
  30. [29] . wikidata.org.
  31. [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. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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