Sursee

municipality in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
Place municipality_of_switzerland Q7123
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Sursee

Summary

Sursee is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Sursee ranks in the top 4% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (55 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sursee received the Wakker Prize[3].
  • Sursee was a member of SGV-ACS[4].
  • Sursee is located in Sursee Constituency[5].
  • Sursee is in the country of Switzerland[6].
  • Sursee is on the body of water Lake Sempach[7].
  • Sursee is on the body of water Suhre[8].
  • Sursee's head of government is recorded as Q134437006[9].
  • Sursee's image is recorded as 20100819 Sursee 016.jpg[10].
  • Sursee's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[11].
  • Sursee's instance of is recorded as city of Switzerland[12].
  • Sursee's official language is recorded as Swiss High German[13].
  • Sursee's flag image is recorded as CHE Sursee Flag.svg[14].
  • Sursee's coat of arms image is recorded as Coat of arms of Sursee.svg[15].
  • Suhre is named after Sursee[16].
  • Lake Sempach is named after Sursee[17].
  • Sursee's twinned administrative body is recorded as Martigny[18].
  • Sursee's twinned administrative body is recorded as Highland[19].
  • Sursee's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 150141848[20].
  • Sursee's GND ID is recorded as 4106431-8[21].
  • Sursee's locator map image is recorded as Stadt Sursee 2021.png[22].
  • Sursee's postal code is recorded as 6210[23].
  • Sursee's Commons category is recorded as Sursee[24].
  • Sursee's licence plate code is recorded as LU[25].
  • Sursee's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1682923[26].
  • Sursee's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[27].

Body

Geography

Sursee is in the country of Switzerland[6]. Sursee is located in Sursee Constituency[5]. Adjacent water bodies include Lake Sempach[7], a lake[28], in Switzerland[29] and Suhre[8], a river[30], in Switzerland[31].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+6.06'}[32] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5.83'}[33]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+504'}[34] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+496'}[35]. Population counts include {'amount': '+9079'}[36], {'amount': '+9900'}[37], {'amount': '+9953'}[38], and {'amount': '+10810'}[39].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Municipality of Switzerland[11] and city of Switzerland[12]. Sursee's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection[40].

History and Context

Things named after include Suhre[16], a river[41], in Switzerland[42] and Lake Sempach[17], a lake[43], in Switzerland[44].

Why It Matters

Sursee ranks in the top 4% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (55 views/month).[2] Sursee has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45]

FAQs

What awards did Sursee receive?

Honors received include Wakker Prize[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] . surseerwoche.ch. surseerwoche.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  17. [20] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . wikidata.org.
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  24. [27] . wikidata.org.
  25. [4] . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [36] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [37] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [38] . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [39] . bfs.admin.ch. bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [40] . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Retrieved . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [34] . wikidata.org.
  32. [35] . wikidata.org.
  33. [32] . wikidata.org.
  34. [33] . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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