Kerns

Summary

Kerns is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Kerns ranks in the top 5% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Kerns was a member of SGV-ACS^[3].
• Kerns is located in Canton of Obwalden^[4].
• Kerns is in the country of Switzerland^[5].
• Kerns's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[6].
• Kerns's official language is recorded as Swiss High German^[7].
• Kerns's shares border with is recorded as Alpnach^[8].
• Kerns's shares border with is recorded as Hasliberg^[9].
• Kerns's shares border with is recorded as Innertkirchen^[10].
• Kerns's shares border with is recorded as Sachseln^[11].
• Kerns's shares border with is recorded as Sarnen^[12].
• Kerns's shares border with is recorded as Wolfenschiessen^[13].
• Kerns's shares border with is recorded as Dallenwil^[14].
• Kerns's shares border with is recorded as Ennetmoos^[15].
• Kerns's shares border with is recorded as Lungern^[16].
• Kerns's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kamnik^[17].
• Kerns's postal code is recorded as 6064^[18].
• Kerns's Commons category is recorded as Kerns, Switzerland^[19].
• Kerns's licence plate code is recorded as OW^[20].
• Kerns's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[21].
• Kerns's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[22].
• Kerns's local dialing code is recorded as 041^[23].
• Kerns's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.9025, 'lon': 8.2761111111111}^[24].
• Kerns's official website is recorded as https://www.kerns.ch^[25].
• Kerns's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kerns, Switzerland^[26].
• Kerns has a population of {'amount': '+6295'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Kerns is in the country of Switzerland^[5]. Kerns is located in Canton of Obwalden^[4].

Physical Characteristics

Kerns covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+92.58'}^[28]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+564'}^[29] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1017'}^[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+6295'}^[27], {'amount': '+6337'}^[31], and {'amount': '+6332'}^[32].

Designation and Status

Kerns's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[6].

Why It Matters

Kerns ranks in the top 5% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month).^[2] Kerns has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Kerns is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]