Lichtensteig

Summary

Lichtensteig is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Lichtensteig has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Lichtensteig was a member of SGV-ACS^[3].
• Lichtensteig is located in Toggenburg Constituency^[4].
• Lichtensteig is in the country of Switzerland^[5].
• Lichtensteig is on the body of water Thur^[6].
• Lichtensteig's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[7].
• Lichtensteig's official language is recorded as Swiss High German^[8].
• Lichtensteig's shares border with is recorded as Oberhelfenschwil^[9].
• Lichtensteig's shares border with is recorded as Wattwil^[10].
• Lichtensteig's shares border with is recorded as Bütschwil-Ganterschwil^[11].
• Lichtensteig's twinned administrative body is recorded as Adelberg^[12].
• Lichtensteig's postal code is recorded as 9620^[13].
• Lichtensteig's Commons category is recorded as Lichtensteig^[14].
• Lichtensteig's licence plate code is recorded as SG^[15].
• Lichtensteig's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[16].
• Lichtensteig's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[17].
• Lichtensteig's local dialing code is recorded as 071^[18].
• Lichtensteig's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.316388888889, 'lon': 9.0830555555556}^[19].
• Lichtensteig's official website is recorded as https://www.lichtensteig.ch^[20].
• Lichtensteig's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lichtensteig^[21].
• Lichtensteig has a population of {'amount': '+1871'}^[22].
• Lichtensteig has a population of {'amount': '+1870'}^[23].
• Lichtensteig's external data available at URL is recorded as https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/3374^[24].
• Lichtensteig's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[25].
• Lichtensteig's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[26].
• Lichtensteig's described by source is recorded as Topographia Helvetiae, Rhaetiae et Valesiae^[27].

Body

Geography

Lichtensteig is in the country of Switzerland^[5]. Lichtensteig is located in Toggenburg Constituency^[4]. Lichtensteig is on the body of water Thur^[6].

Physical Characteristics

Lichtensteig covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2.82'}^[28]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+625'}^[29] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+709'}^[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1871'}^[22] and {'amount': '+1870'}^[23].

Designation and Status

Lichtensteig's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[7]. Lichtensteig's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection^[31].

Why It Matters

Lichtensteig has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Lichtensteig is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]