Lens

Summary

Lens is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Lens ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (61 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Lens was a member of SGV-ACS^[3].
• Lens is located in Sierre District^[4].
• Lens is in the country of Switzerland^[5].
• Lens's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[6].
• Lens's official language is recorded as French^[7].
• Lens's shares border with is recorded as Kingdom of the Golliez^[8].
• Lens's postal code is recorded as 1978^[9].
• Lens is part of Crans-Montana^[10].
• Lens is part of Q138779655^[11].
• Lens's Commons category is recorded as Lens, Switzerland^[12].
• Lens's licence plate code is recorded as VS^[13].
• Lens's local dialing code is recorded as 027^[14].
• Lens's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.28055555555556, 'lon': 7.447222222222222}^[15].
• Lens's official website is recorded as https://www.lens.ch^[16].
• Lens's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lens, Switzerland^[17].
• Lens has a population of {'amount': '+4162'}^[18].
• Lens has a population of {'amount': '+4198'}^[19].
• Lens has a population of {'amount': '+3357'}^[20].
• Lens has a population of {'amount': '+4570'}^[21].
• Lens's external data available at URL is recorded as https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6240^[22].
• Lens's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection^[23].
• Lens's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr-ch', 'text': 'Lens'}^[24].
• Lens's list of monuments is recorded as list of cultural properties in Lens^[25].
• Lens's owner of is recorded as Christ the King statue^[26].
• Lens's different from is recorded as Lens^[27].

Body

Geography

Lens is in the country of Switzerland^[5]. Lens is located in Sierre District^[4]. Part of include Crans-Montana^[10], a Municipality of Switzerland^[28], in Switzerland^[29] and Q138779655^[11], a tourist destination^[30], in Switzerland^[31].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+13.9'}^[32] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+13.98'}^[33]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1128'}^[34] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1134'}^[35]. Population counts include {'amount': '+4162'}^[18], {'amount': '+4198'}^[19], {'amount': '+3357'}^[20], and {'amount': '+4570'}^[21].

Designation and Status

Lens's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[6]. Lens's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection^[23].

Why It Matters

Lens ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (61 views/month).^[2] Lens has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] Lens is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]