Federal Office for the Environment

Swiss environment agency
Organization federal_office_of_switzerland Q1005498
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Federal Office for the Environment

Summary

Federal Office for the Environment is a federal office of Switzerland[1]. It draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (federal_office_of_switzerland category, ranking #11 of 14).[2]

Key Facts

  • Federal Office for the Environment is in the country of Switzerland[3].
  • Federal Office for the Environment's instance of is recorded as federal office of Switzerland[4].
  • Federal Office for the Environment's instance of is recorded as Government agency of Switzerland[5].
  • Federal Office for the Environment's headquarters location is recorded as Ittigen[6].
  • Federal Office for the Environment's headquarters location is recorded as Bern[7].
  • Federal Office for the Environment's ISNI is recorded as 000000011271413X[8].
  • Federal Office for the Environment's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 141299645[9].
  • Federal Office for the Environment's GND ID is recorded as 10129938-2[10].
  • Federal Office for the Environment's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2006119769[11].
  • Federal Office for the Environment's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 13170149t[12].
  • Federal Office for the Environment's IdRef ID is recorded as 03514386X[13].
  • Federal Office for the Environment's Commons category is recorded as Federal Office for the Environment[14].
  • +2006-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Federal Office for the Environment[15].
  • Federal Office for the Environment's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04npqf0[16].
  • Federal Office for the Environment's parent organization or unit is recorded as Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications[17].
  • Federal Office for the Environment's official website is recorded as https://www.bafu.admin.ch/bafu/de/home.html[18].
  • Federal Office for the Environment's official website is recorded as https://www.bafu.admin.ch/bafu/fr/home.html[19].
  • Federal Office for the Environment's official website is recorded as https://www.bafu.admin.ch/bafu/it/home.html[20].
  • Federal Office for the Environment's official website is recorded as https://www.bafu.admin.ch/bafu/en/home.html[21].
  • Federal Office for the Environment's director / manager is recorded as Katrin Schneeberger[22].
  • Federal Office for the Environment's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+600'}[23].
  • Federal Office for the Environment's replaces is recorded as Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, Forests and Landscape[24].
  • Federal Office for the Environment's replaces is recorded as Federal Office for Water and Geology[25].
  • Federal Office for the Environment's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Bundesamt für Umwelt'}[26].
  • Federal Office for the Environment's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Office fédéral de l’environnement'}[27].

Body

Founding

+2006-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Federal Office for the Environment[15].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Bundesamt für Umwelt'}[26], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Office fédéral de l’environnement'}[27], {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Ufficio federale dell’ambiente'}[28], {'lang': 'rm', 'text': "Uffizi federal d'ambient"}[29], and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Federal Office for the Environment'}[30].

Leadership

Federal Office for the Environment's director / manager is recorded as Katrin Schneeberger[22].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Ittigen[6], a Municipality of Switzerland[31], in Switzerland[32] and Bern[7], a Municipality of Switzerland[33], in Switzerland[34], founded in 1191[35]. Federal Office for the Environment's parent organization or unit is recorded as Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications[17].

Why It Matters

Federal Office for the Environment draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (federal_office_of_switzerland category, ranking #11 of 14).[2] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . GRID Release 2017-01-10. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . bafu.admin.ch. bafu.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . bafu.admin.ch. Retrieved . bafu.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . bafu.admin.ch. Retrieved . bafu.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] . 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 aliases. wikidata.org.

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