Porrentruy

Summary

Porrentruy is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Porrentruy ranks in the top 4% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (65 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Porrentruy is located in Porrentruy District^[3].
• Porrentruy is in the country of Switzerland^[4].
• Porrentruy is on the body of water Allaine^[5].
• Porrentruy's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[6].
• Porrentruy's official language is recorded as French^[7].
• Porrentruy's shares border with is recorded as Alle^[8].
• Porrentruy's shares border with is recorded as Coeuve^[9].
• Porrentruy's shares border with is recorded as Courchavon^[10].
• Porrentruy's shares border with is recorded as Courgenay^[11].
• Porrentruy's shares border with is recorded as Courtedoux^[12].
• Porrentruy's shares border with is recorded as Fontenais^[13].
• Porrentruy's twinned administrative body is recorded as Tarascon^[14].
• Porrentruy's postal code is recorded as 2900^[15].
• Porrentruy's Commons category is recorded as Porrentruy^[16].
• Porrentruy's licence plate code is recorded as JU^[17].
• Porrentruy's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[18].
• Porrentruy's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[19].
• Porrentruy's local dialing code is recorded as 032^[20].
• Porrentruy's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.416666666667, 'lon': 7.0833333333333}^[21].
• Porrentruy's significant event is recorded as Capture of Porrentruy^[22].
• Porrentruy's official website is recorded as https://porrentruy.ch^[23].
• Porrentruy's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Porrentruy^[24].
• Porrentruy has a population of {'amount': '+6809'}^[25].
• Porrentruy has a population of {'amount': '+6675'}^[26].
• Porrentruy's time of earliest written record is recorded as 1136^[27].

Body

Geography

Porrentruy is in the country of Switzerland^[4]. Porrentruy is located in Porrentruy District^[3]. Porrentruy is on the body of water Allaine^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+14.8'}^[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+14.76'}^[29]. Porrentruy sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+423'}^[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+6809'}^[25] and {'amount': '+6675'}^[26].

Designation and Status

Porrentruy's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[6]. Porrentruy's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection^[31].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Porrentruy include 84902 Porrentruy^[32], an asteroid^[33].

Why It Matters

Porrentruy ranks in the top 4% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (65 views/month).^[2] Porrentruy has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] Porrentruy is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

Entities named for Porrentruy include 84902 Porrentruy^[32], an asteroid^[33].