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Näfels

village and former municipality in Glarus Nord in the canton of Glarus, Switzerland
Place village Q182806
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Summary

Näfels is a village[1]. Näfels ranks in the top 0.45% of village entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (239 views/month, #227 of 50,837).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Glarus Nord[3]
  • Country: Switzerland[4]
  • Instance of: former municipality of Switzerland[5]
  • Shares border with: Innerthal[6], Glarus[7]
  • Twinned administrative body: Bad Säckingen[8]
  • Postal code: 8752[9]
  • Commons category: Näfels[10]
  • Licence plate code: GL[11]
  • Local dialing code: 055[12]
  • Official website: https://www.glarus-nord.ch/portraet/ortschaften/naefels.html/2082[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Näfels[14]
  • Replaced by: Glarus Nord[15]
  • Heritage designation: Swiss townscape worthy of protection[16]
  • Official name: Näfels[17]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Näfels, Switzerland[18]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Näfels, Switzerland[19]
  • Elevation above sea level: 437 m[20]
  • Area: 36.93 km²[21]

Why It Matters

Näfels has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Näfels is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

Switzerland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Historicized municipal directory of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Retrieved . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Q141593662. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'ceb', 'cv', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fr', 'frp', 'it', 'kk', 'lmo', 'nl'
    Official name → {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Näfels'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ source for position, official name from swisstopo data ([[Wikidata:Requests for permissions/Bot/OKA bot|swisstopo task]])"
  2. 9w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → A60053
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: A60053, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/263620|batch #263620]]"
  3. 11w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/43521|batch #43521]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  4. 13w ago · Frettie · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Nl cr aut id → ge1300318
    Replaced by → —
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in Näfels, Switzerland
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nl cr aut id: ge1300318, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1783600187769"
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