Cossonay

municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland
AdministrativeArea municipality_of_switzerland Q57111
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Cossonay

Summary

Cossonay is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Cossonay ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cossonay is located in Morges District[3].
  • Cossonay is in the country of Switzerland[4].
  • Cossonay's image is recorded as Cossonay - Maison de ville.jpg[5].
  • Cossonay's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[6].
  • Cossonay's official language is recorded as French[7].
  • Cossonay's coat of arms image is recorded as CHE Cossonay COA.svg[8].
  • Cossonay's GND ID is recorded as 4568135-1[9].
  • Cossonay's locator map image is recorded as Karte Gemeinde Cossonay 2011.png[10].
  • Cossonay's postal code is recorded as 1304[11].
  • Cossonay's Commons category is recorded as Cossonay[12].
  • Cossonay's licence plate code is recorded as VD[13].
  • Cossonay's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1684926[14].
  • Cossonay's located in time zone is recorded as Europe/Zurich[15].
  • Cossonay's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q150 (fra)-Eihel-Cossonay.wav[16].
  • Cossonay's local dialing code is recorded as 021[17].
  • Cossonay's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.616666666667, 'lon': 6.5166666666667}[18].
  • Cossonay's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02p50f[19].
  • Cossonay's Swiss municipality code is recorded as 5477[20].
  • Cossonay's official website is recorded as https://www.cossonay.ch[21].
  • Cossonay's HDS ID is recorded as 002327[22].
  • Cossonay's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cossonay[23].
  • Cossonay's population is recorded as {'amount': '+3813'}[24].
  • Cossonay's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1533'}[25].
  • Cossonay's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1555'}[26].
  • Cossonay's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1552'}[27].

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Geography

Cossonay is in the country of Switzerland[4]. Cossonay is located in Morges District[3].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+8.29'}[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+8.28'}[29]. Cossonay's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+562'}[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+3813'}[24], {'amount': '+1533'}[25], {'amount': '+1555'}[26], {'amount': '+1552'}[27], {'amount': '+1572'}[31], and {'amount': '+1577'}[32].

Designation and Status

Cossonay's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[6]. Cossonay's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection[33].

Why It Matters

Cossonay ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).[2] Cossonay has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Cossonay is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  17. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . classifications.data.admin.ch. classifications.data.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [31] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [33] . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Retrieved . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [30] . wikidata.org.
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  31. [29] . 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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    Population {'amount': '+3813'}, {'amount': '+1533'}, {'amount': '+1555'} +35
    Head of government Georges Rime
    Office held by head of government mayor of Cossonay
    Coordinate location {'lat': 46.616666666667, 'lon': 6.5166666666667}
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