Kerns

municipality in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland
AdministrativeArea municipality_of_switzerland Q67159
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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]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [20] . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . wikidata.org.
  20. [3] . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [31] . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . 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. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Contains settlement Kerns
    Official website https://www.kerns.ch
    Country
    Instance of Municipality of Switzerland
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