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Saas-Balen

municipality in the canton of Valais in Switzerland
AdministrativeArea municipality_of_switzerland Q70304
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Summary

Saas-Balen is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Saas-Balen ranks in the top 6% of municipality of switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (124 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: SGV-ACS[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Visp District[4]
  • Country: Switzerland[5]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Saaser Vispa[6]
  • Twinned administrative body: Zuchwil[7]
  • Postal code: 3908[8]
  • Commons category: Saas-Balen[9]
  • Licence plate code: VS[10]
  • Local dialing code: 027[11]
  • Official website: http://gemeinde-saas-balen.ch[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Saas-Balen[13]
  • Population: 349[14], 347[15]
  • Time of earliest written record: 1304[16]
  • External data available at URL: https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6289[17]
  • Contains settlement: Saas-Balen[18]
  • Official name: Saas-Balen[19]
  • List of monuments: list of cultural properties in Saas-Balen[20]
  • Elevation above sea level: 1483 m[21], 1486 m[22]
  • Area: 30.22 km²[23], 30.24 km²[24], 30.20 km²[25]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[26]

Why It Matters

Saas-Balen has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Saas-Balen is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Related Entities

Govdirectory Switzerland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Q141599379. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . govdirectory.org. Retrieved . govdirectory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 19h ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'ca', 'ceb', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fi', 'fr', 'it', 'ko',
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+30.22'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+30.24'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+30.20'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Area: 30.20 square kilometre, area from swisstopo data ([[Wikidata:Requests for permissions/Bot/OKA bot|swisstopo task]])"
  2. 10w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → A61226
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: A61226, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/263620|batch #263620]]"
  3. 16w ago · Lehmannro · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in or next to body of water → Saaser Vispa
    Topic's main category → Category:Saas-Balen
    Member of → —
    Population → {'amount': '+349'}, {'amount': '+347'}
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Flag image: CHE Saas-Balen Flag.svg, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782070149300"
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