Messen

Summary

Messen is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Messen ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Messen was a member of SGV-ACS^[3].
• Messen is located in Bucheggberg District^[4].
• Messen is in the country of Switzerland^[5].
• Messen's image is recorded as BalmbeiMessen03.jpg^[6].
• Messen's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[7].
• Messen's official language is recorded as German^[8].
• Messen's coat of arms image is recorded as Messen-blazon.svg^[9].
• Messen's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 134570639^[10].
• Messen's GND ID is recorded as 2170641-4^[11].
• Messen's locator map image is recorded as Karte Gemeinde Messen 2014.png^[12].
• Messen's postal code is recorded as 3254^[13].
• Messen's postal code is recorded as 3307^[14].
• Messen's postal code is recorded as 4588^[15].
• Messen's Commons category is recorded as Messen^[16].
• Messen's licence plate code is recorded as SO^[17].
• Messen's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1683550^[18].
• Messen's local dialing code is recorded as 031^[19].
• Messen's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.091388888889, 'lon': 7.4486111111111}^[20].
• Messen's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0g4nfh^[21].
• Messen's Swiss municipality code is recorded as 2457^[22].
• Messen's official website is recorded as https://www.messen.ch^[23].
• Messen's HDS ID is recorded as 001089^[24].
• Messen's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Messen^[25].
• Messen's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1493'}^[26].
• Messen's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1480'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Messen is in the country of Switzerland^[5]. Messen is located in Bucheggberg District^[4].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+11.88'}^[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+11.89'}^[29]. Messen's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+505'}^[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1493'}^[26], {'amount': '+1480'}^[27], and {'amount': '+1026'}^[31].

Designation and Status

Messen's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[7]. Messen's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection^[32].

Why It Matters

Messen ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2] Messen has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Messen is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]