Sarnen

Summary

Sarnen is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Sarnen ranks in the top 3% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (323 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Sarnen was a member of SGV-ACS^[3].
• Sarnen is located in Canton of Obwalden^[4].
• Sarnen is in the country of Switzerland^[5].
• Sarnen is on the body of water Lake Sarnen^[6].
• Sarnen is on the body of water Wichelsee^[7].
• Sarnen is on the body of water Sarner Aa^[8].
• Sarnen's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[9].
• Sarnen's instance of is recorded as cantonal capital of Switzerland^[10].
• Sarnen's instance of is recorded as city of Switzerland^[11].
• Sarnen's official language is recorded as German^[12].
• Sarnen's shares border with is recorded as Entlebuch^[13].
• Sarnen's shares border with is recorded as Flühli^[14].
• Sarnen's shares border with is recorded as Hasle^[15].
• Sarnen's shares border with is recorded as Alpnach^[16].
• Sarnen's shares border with is recorded as Giswil^[17].
• Sarnen's shares border with is recorded as Kerns^[18].
• Sarnen's shares border with is recorded as Sachseln^[19].
• Sarnen's postal code is recorded as 6060^[20].
• Sarnen's postal code is recorded as 6061^[21].
• Sarnen's Commons category is recorded as Sarnen^[22].
• Sarnen's licence plate code is recorded as OW^[23].
• Sarnen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[24].
• Sarnen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[25].
• Sarnen's local dialing code is recorded as 041^[26].
• Sarnen's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.896944444444, 'lon': 8.2469444444444}^[27].

Body

Geography

Sarnen is in the country of Switzerland^[5]. Sarnen is located in Canton of Obwalden^[4]. Adjacent water bodies include Lake Sarnen^[6], a lake^[28], in Switzerland^[29]; Wichelsee^[7], a reservoir^[30], in Switzerland^[31]; and Sarner Aa^[8], a river^[32], in Switzerland^[33].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+10233'}^[34], {'amount': '+10236'}^[35], {'amount': '+10368'}^[36], {'amount': '+7509'}^[37], {'amount': '+7583'}^[38], and {'amount': '+7715'}^[39].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Municipality of Switzerland^[9], cantonal capital of Switzerland^[10], and city of Switzerland^[11].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Sarnen include Lake Sarnen^[40], a lake^[41], in Switzerland^[42].

Why It Matters

Sarnen ranks in the top 3% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (323 views/month).^[2] Sarnen has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[43] Sarnen is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[44]

Entities named for Sarnen include Lake Sarnen^[40], a lake^[41], in Switzerland^[42].