Lachen

municipality in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland
AdministrativeArea municipality_of_switzerland Q67100
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Lachen

Summary

Lachen is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Lachen ranks in the top 5% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lachen was a member of SGV-ACS[3].
  • Lachen is located in March District[4].
  • Lachen is in the country of Switzerland[5].
  • Lachen is on the body of water Lake Zurich[6].
  • Lachen is on the body of water Wägitaler Aa[7].
  • Lachen's image is recorded as Lachen vilagheniro (venante de Altendorf) 196.JPG[8].
  • Lachen's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[9].
  • Lachen's official language is recorded as Swiss High German[10].
  • Lachen's shares border with is recorded as Rapperswil-Jona[11].
  • Lachen's shares border with is recorded as Wangen[12].
  • Lachen's shares border with is recorded as Altendorf[13].
  • Lachen's shares border with is recorded as Galgenen[14].
  • Lachen's coat of arms image is recorded as Lachen SZ-blazon.svg[15].
  • Lachen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Schramberg[16].
  • Lachen's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 242172585[17].
  • Lachen's GND ID is recorded as 4228026-6[18].
  • Lachen's locator map image is recorded as Karte Gemeinde Lachen.png[19].
  • Lachen's postal code is recorded as 8853[20].
  • Lachen's Commons category is recorded as Lachen SZ[21].
  • Lachen's licence plate code is recorded as SZ[22].
  • Lachen's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1683088[23].
  • Lachen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[24].
  • Lachen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[25].
  • Lachen's local dialing code is recorded as 055[26].
  • Lachen's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.191111111111, 'lon': 8.8566666666667}[27].

Body

Geography

Lachen is in the country of Switzerland[5]. Lachen is located in March District[4]. Adjacent water bodies include Lake Zurich[6], a lake[28], in Switzerland[29] and Wägitaler Aa[7], a river[30], in Switzerland[31].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5.19'}[32] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2.43'}[33]. Lachen's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+408'}[34]. Population counts include {'amount': '+8617'}[35] and {'amount': '+8754'}[36].

Designation and Status

Lachen's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[9]. Lachen's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection[37].

Why It Matters

Lachen ranks in the top 5% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month).[2] Lachen has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Lachen is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [16] . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] . wikidata.org.
  13. [7] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] . wikidata.org.
  23. [3] . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [35] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [36] . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [37] . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Retrieved . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [34] . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] . 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

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Area {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5.19'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2.43'}
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