Sachseln

municipality in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland
AdministrativeArea municipality_of_switzerland Q64614
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Sachseln

Summary

Sachseln is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Sachseln has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Sachseln was a member of SGV-ACS[3].
  • Sachseln is located in Canton of Obwalden[4].
  • Sachseln is in the country of Switzerland[5].
  • Sachseln is on the body of water Lake Sarnen[6].
  • Sachseln is on the body of water Sarner Aa[7].
  • Sachseln's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[8].
  • Sachseln's official language is recorded as German[9].
  • Sachseln's shares border with is recorded as Giswil[10].
  • Sachseln's shares border with is recorded as Sarnen[11].
  • Sachseln's shares border with is recorded as Kerns[12].
  • Sachseln's shares border with is recorded as Lungern[13].
  • Sachseln's postal code is recorded as 6072[14].
  • Sachseln's Commons category is recorded as Sachseln[15].
  • Sachseln's licence plate code is recorded as OW[16].
  • Sachseln's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[17].
  • Sachseln's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[18].
  • Sachseln's local dialing code is recorded as 041[19].
  • Sachseln's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.867777777778, 'lon': 8.2386111111111}[20].
  • Sachseln's official website is recorded as https://www.sachseln.ch[21].
  • Sachseln's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sachseln[22].
  • Sachseln has a population of {'amount': '+5092'}[23].
  • Sachseln has a population of {'amount': '+5146'}[24].
  • Sachseln has a population of {'amount': '+5145'}[25].
  • Sachseln's external data available at URL is recorded as https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/1406[26].
  • Sachseln's contains settlement is recorded as Q22374565[27].

Body

Geography

Sachseln is in the country of Switzerland[5]. Sachseln is located in Canton of Obwalden[4]. Adjacent water bodies include Lake Sarnen[6], a lake[28], in Switzerland[29] and Sarner Aa[7], a river[30], in Switzerland[31].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+53.86'}[32] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+53.89'}[33]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+483'}[34] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1634'}[35]. Population counts include {'amount': '+5092'}[23], {'amount': '+5146'}[24], and {'amount': '+5145'}[25].

Designation and Status

Sachseln's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[8]. Sachseln's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection[36].

Why It Matters

Sachseln has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Sachseln is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wikidata.org.
  16. [3] . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [36] . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Retrieved . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [34] . wikidata.org.
  28. [35] . wikidata.org.
  29. [32] . wikidata.org.
  30. [33] . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46599|batch #46599]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 15d ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website https://www.sachseln.ch
    Country
    Official language
    Located in time zone UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P10381]]: A60532, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/263620|batch #263620]]"
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