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Scherz

village and former municipality in Lupfig in the canton Aargau, Switzerland
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Summary

Scherz is a former municipality of Switzerland[1]. Scherz has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Lupfig[3]
  • Country: Switzerland[4]
  • Instance of: village[5]
  • Official language: German[6]
  • Postal code: 5246[7]
  • Commons category: Scherz[8]
  • Licence plate code: AG[9]
  • Local dialing code: 056[10]
  • Official website: http://www.scherz.ch[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Scherz[12]
  • Population: 662[13]
  • External data available at URL: https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/4113[14]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15]
  • Replaced by: Lupfig[16]
  • Official name: Scherz[17]
  • Different from: Scherz[18]
  • Elevation above sea level: 403 m[19]
  • Area: 3.30 km²[20]

Why It Matters

Scherz is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Switzerland

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Historicized municipal directory of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → —
    Official website → http://www.scherz.ch
    Instance of → —
    Country → Switzerland
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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