Gals

Summary

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

Key Facts

• Gals was a member of SGV-ACS^[3].
• Gals is located in Seeland administrative district^[4].
• Gals is in the country of Switzerland^[5].
• Gals is on the body of water Lake Biel^[6].
• Gals is on the body of water Thielle^[7].
• Gals's image is recorded as Jolimontgut3.jpg^[8].
• Gals's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[9].
• Gals's official language is recorded as German^[10].
• Gals's shares border with is recorded as La Neuveville^[11].
• Gals's coat of arms image is recorded as CHE Gals COA.svg^[12].
• Gals's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 239941141^[13].
• Gals's GND ID is recorded as 4134445-5^[14].
• Gals's locator map image is recorded as Karte Gemeinde Gals 2013.png^[15].
• Gals's postal code is recorded as 3238^[16].
• Gals's Commons category is recorded as Gals, Switzerland^[17].
• Gals's licence plate code is recorded as BE^[18].
• Gals's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1682448^[19].
• Gals's local dialing code is recorded as 032^[20].
• Gals's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.0271, 'lon': 7.0489}^[21].
• Gals's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dxx9_^[22].
• Gals's Swiss municipality code is recorded as 494^[23].
• Gals's official website is recorded as https://www.gals.ch^[24].
• Gals's HDS ID is recorded as 000283^[25].
• Gals's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gals, Switzerland^[26].
• Gals's population is recorded as {'amount': '+800'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Gals is in the country of Switzerland^[5]. Gals is located in Seeland administrative district^[4]. Adjacent water bodies include Lake Biel^[6], a lake^[28], in Switzerland^[29] and Thielle^[7], a river^[30], in Switzerland^[31].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+7.83'}^[32] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+7.84'}^[33]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+445'}^[34] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+430'}^[35]. Population counts include {'amount': '+800'}^[27], {'amount': '+827'}^[36], {'amount': '+596'}^[37], {'amount': '+600'}^[38], {'amount': '+602'}^[39], and {'amount': '+594'}^[40].

Designation and Status

Gals's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[9]. Gals's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection^[41].

Why It Matters

Gals ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] Gals has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[42] Gals is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[43]