Stein

Summary

Stein is a former municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Stein ranks in the top 8% of former_municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Stein is located in Canton of St. Gallen^[3].
• Stein is located in Nesslau^[4].
• Stein is in the country of Switzerland^[5].
• Stein's image is recorded as Toggenburg Stein2.JPG^[6].
• Stein's instance of is recorded as former municipality of Switzerland^[7].
• Stein's instance of is recorded as Ortschaft^[8].
• Stein's shares border with is recorded as Amden^[9].
• Stein's shares border with is recorded as Alt St. Johann^[10].
• Stein's coat of arms image is recorded as Wappen Stein SG.svg^[11].
• Stein's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 170149591^[12].
• Stein's GND ID is recorded as 4588201-0^[13].
• Stein's postal code is recorded as 9655^[14].
• Stein's Commons category is recorded as Stein SG^[15].
• Stein's licence plate code is recorded as SG^[16].
• Stein's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1683945^[17].
• Stein's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[18].
• Stein's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[19].
• Stein's local dialing code is recorded as 071^[20].
• Stein's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.2, 'lon': 9.2330555555556}^[21].
• Stein's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gprrk^[22].
• Stein's Swiss municipality code is recorded as 3356^[23].
• Stein's official website is recorded as http://www.stein-sg.ch^[24].
• Stein's HDS ID is recorded as 001379^[25].
• Stein's population is recorded as {'amount': '+374'}^[26].
• Stein's replaced by is recorded as Nesslau^[27].

Body

Geography

Stein is in the country of Switzerland^[5]. Located in include Canton of St. Gallen^[3], a canton of Switzerland^[28], in Switzerland^[29], founded in 1803^[30] and Nesslau^[4], a Municipality of Switzerland^[31], in Switzerland^[32].

Physical Characteristics

Stein's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+12.24'}^[33]. Stein's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+838'}^[34]. Stein's population is recorded as {'amount': '+374'}^[26].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include former municipality of Switzerland^[7] and Ortschaft^[8].

Why It Matters

Stein ranks in the top 8% of former_municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2] Stein has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] Stein is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]