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]