Saanen

Summary

Saanen is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Saanen ranks in the top 3% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (66 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Saanen was a member of SGV-ACS^[3].
• Saanen is located in Obersimmental-Saanen administrative district^[4].
• Saanen is in the country of Switzerland^[5].
• Saanen is on the body of water Saane/Sarine^[6].
• Saanen's image is recorded as Gstaad.jpg^[7].
• Saanen's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[8].
• Saanen's official language is recorded as German^[9].
• Saanen's coat of arms image is recorded as CHE Saanen COA.svg^[10].
• Saanen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Darmstadt^[11].
• Saanen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cannes^[12].
• Saanen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ordino^[13].
• Saanen's twinned administrative body is recorded as La Massana^[14].
• Saanen's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 236391150^[15].
• Saanen's GND ID is recorded as 4105147-6^[16].
• Saanen's locator map image is recorded as Karte Gemeinde Saanen 2010.png^[17].
• Saanen's postal code is recorded as 3792^[18].
• Saanen's Commons category is recorded as Saanen^[19].
• Saanen's licence plate code is recorded as BE^[20].
• Saanen's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1682641^[21].
• Saanen's local dialing code is recorded as 033^[22].
• Saanen's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.483055555556, 'lon': 7.2663888888889}^[23].
• Saanen's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05qpm0^[24].
• Saanen's Swiss municipality code is recorded as 843^[25].
• Saanen's official website is recorded as https://www.saanen.ch^[26].
• Saanen's HDS ID is recorded as 000479^[27].

Body

Geography

Saanen is in the country of Switzerland^[5]. Saanen is located in Obersimmental-Saanen administrative district^[4]. Saanen is on the body of water Saane/Sarine^[6].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+6901'}^[28], {'amount': '+6817'}^[29], {'amount': '+5543'}^[30], {'amount': '+5600'}^[31], {'amount': '+5679'}^[32], and {'amount': '+5734'}^[33].

Designation and Status

Saanen's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[8]. Saanen's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection^[34].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Saanen include Saanen airfield^[35], an aerodrome^[36], in Switzerland^[37], founded in 1943^[38].

Why It Matters

Saanen ranks in the top 3% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (66 views/month).^[2] Saanen has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] Saanen is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]

Entities named for Saanen include Saanen airfield^[35], an aerodrome^[36], in Switzerland^[37], founded in 1943^[38].