Rancate

Summary

Rancate is a former municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Rancate ranks in the top 9% of former_municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Rancate is located in Mendrisio^[3].
• Rancate is in the country of Switzerland^[4].
• Rancate's image is recorded as Rancate.jpg^[5].
• Rancate's instance of is recorded as former municipality of Switzerland^[6].
• Rancate's instance of is recorded as village^[7].
• Rancate's instance of is recorded as neighborhood^[8].
• Rancate's official language is recorded as Italian^[9].
• Rancate's coat of arms image is recorded as Rancate-coat of arms.svg^[10].
• Rancate's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 159660428^[11].
• Rancate's GND ID is recorded as 4365712-6^[12].
• Rancate's locator map image is recorded as Karte Gemeinde Rancate 2007.png^[13].
• Rancate's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2006078345^[14].
• Rancate's postal code is recorded as 6862^[15].
• Rancate's Commons category is recorded as Rancate^[16].
• Rancate's local dialing code is recorded as 091^[17].
• Rancate's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 45.866666666667, 'lon': 8.9666638888889}^[18].
• Rancate's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0grztx^[19].
• Rancate's Swiss municipality code is recorded as 5262^[20].
• Rancate's official website is recorded as http://www.rancate.ch^[21].
• Rancate's HDS ID is recorded as 002241^[22].
• Rancate's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rancate^[23].
• Rancate's replaced by is recorded as Mendrisio^[24].
• Rancate's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection^[25].
• Rancate's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Rancate, Switzerland^[26].
• Rancate's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'rancatesi'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Rancate is in the country of Switzerland^[4]. Rancate is located in Mendrisio^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Rancate's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2.28'}^[28]. Rancate's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+352'}^[29].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include former municipality of Switzerland^[6], village^[7], and neighborhood^[8]. Rancate's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection^[25].

Why It Matters

Rancate ranks in the top 9% of former_municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] Rancate has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30]