Ecublens

municipality in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland
AdministrativeArea municipality_of_switzerland Q70481
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Ecublens

Summary

Ecublens is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Ecublens ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ecublens is located in Canton of Fribourg[3].
  • Ecublens is located in Glâne District[4].
  • Ecublens is in the country of Switzerland[5].
  • Ecublens is on the body of water Broye[6].
  • Ecublens's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[7].
  • Ecublens's official language is recorded as French[8].
  • Ecublens's shares border with is recorded as Jorat-Mézières[9].
  • Ecublens's coat of arms image is recorded as CHE Écublens FR COA.svg[10].
  • Ecublens's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 128440319[11].
  • Ecublens's locator map image is recorded as Karte Gemeinde Ecublens FR 2012.png[12].
  • Ecublens's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81000460[13].
  • Ecublens's postal code is recorded as 1673[14].
  • Ecublens's Commons category is recorded as Écublens, Fribourg[15].
  • Ecublens's licence plate code is recorded as FR[16].
  • Ecublens's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1683312[17].
  • Ecublens's local dialing code is recorded as 021[18].
  • Ecublens's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.61534, 'lon': 6.80704}[19].
  • Ecublens's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0kw549[20].
  • Ecublens's Swiss municipality code is recorded as 2072[21].
  • Ecublens's official website is recorded as http://www.ecublens-fr.ch[22].
  • Ecublens's HDS ID is recorded as 000856[23].
  • Ecublens's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Écublens, Fribourg[24].
  • Ecublens's population is recorded as {'amount': '+344'}[25].
  • Ecublens's population is recorded as {'amount': '+339'}[26].
  • Ecublens's external data available at URL is recorded as https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/2072[27].

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Geography

Ecublens is in the country of Switzerland[5]. Located in include Canton of Fribourg[3], a canton of Switzerland[28], in Switzerland[29], founded in 1481[30] and Glâne District[4], a district of the canton of Fribourg[31], in Switzerland[32]. Ecublens is on the body of water Broye[6].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+4.87'}[33] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+4.88'}[34]. Ecublens's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+594'}[35]. Population counts include {'amount': '+344'}[25] and {'amount': '+339'}[26].

Designation and Status

Ecublens's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[7].

Why It Matters

Ecublens ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2] Ecublens has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Ecublens is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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  19. [21] . classifications.data.admin.ch. classifications.data.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  28. [34] . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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