Meikirch

municipality in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
AdministrativeArea municipality_of_switzerland Q67294
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Meikirch

Summary

Meikirch is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Meikirch ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Meikirch was a member of SGV-ACS[3].
  • Meikirch is located in Bern-Mittelland administrative district[4].
  • Meikirch is in the country of Switzerland[5].
  • Meikirch's image is recorded as Meikirch 003.jpg[6].
  • Meikirch's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[7].
  • Meikirch's official language is recorded as German[8].
  • Meikirch's flag image is recorded as CHE Meikirch Flag.svg[9].
  • Meikirch's shares border with is recorded as Kirchlindach[10].
  • Meikirch's shares border with is recorded as Schüpfen[11].
  • Meikirch's shares border with is recorded as Seedorf[12].
  • Meikirch's shares border with is recorded as Wohlen bei Bern[13].
  • Meikirch's coat of arms image is recorded as CHE Meikirch COA.svg[14].
  • Meikirch's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 245834058[15].
  • Meikirch's GND ID is recorded as 4563255-8[16].
  • Meikirch's locator map image is recorded as Karte Gemeinde Meikirch 2023.png[17].
  • Meikirch's postal code is recorded as 3042[18].
  • Meikirch's postal code is recorded as 3045[19].
  • Meikirch's postal code is recorded as 3046[20].
  • Meikirch's Commons category is recorded as Meikirch[21].
  • Meikirch's licence plate code is recorded as BE[22].
  • Meikirch's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1682550[23].
  • Meikirch's local dialing code is recorded as 031[24].
  • Meikirch's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.009722222222, 'lon': 7.3652777777778}[25].
  • Meikirch's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/032pnq[26].
  • Meikirch's Swiss municipality code is recorded as 307[27].

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Geography

Meikirch is in the country of Switzerland[5]. Meikirch is located in Bern-Mittelland administrative district[4].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+10.30'}[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+10.23'}[29]. Meikirch's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+654'}[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+2499'}[31], {'amount': '+2461'}[32], {'amount': '+1876'}[33], {'amount': '+1922'}[34], {'amount': '+1933'}[35], and {'amount': '+1955'}[36].

Designation and Status

Meikirch's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[7].

Why It Matters

Meikirch ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2] Meikirch has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  12. [15] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. 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. [3] . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . classifications.data.admin.ch. classifications.data.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [31] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [33] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [34] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [35] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [36] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . wikidata.org.
  33. [28] . wikidata.org.
  34. [29] . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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