Lachen

Summary

Lachen is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Lachen has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[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 instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[8].
• Lachen's official language is recorded as Swiss High German^[9].
• Lachen's shares border with is recorded as Rapperswil-Jona^[10].
• Lachen's shares border with is recorded as Wangen^[11].
• Lachen's shares border with is recorded as Altendorf^[12].
• Lachen's shares border with is recorded as Galgenen^[13].
• Lachen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Schramberg^[14].
• Lachen's postal code is recorded as 8853^[15].
• Lachen's Commons category is recorded as Lachen SZ^[16].
• Lachen's licence plate code is recorded as SZ^[17].
• Lachen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[18].
• Lachen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[19].
• Lachen's local dialing code is recorded as 055^[20].
• Lachen's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.191111111111, 'lon': 8.8566666666667}^[21].
• Lachen's official website is recorded as https://www.lachen.ch^[22].
• Lachen's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lachen SZ^[23].
• Lachen has a population of {'amount': '+8617'}^[24].
• Lachen has a population of {'amount': '+8754'}^[25].
• Lachen's external data available at URL is recorded as https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/1344^[26].
• Lachen's capital of is recorded as Outer Schwyz^[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 sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+408'}^[34]. Population counts include {'amount': '+8617'}^[24] and {'amount': '+8754'}^[25].

Designation and Status

Lachen's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[8]. Lachen's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection^[35].

Why It Matters

Lachen has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Lachen is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]