Wangen

Summary

Wangen is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Wangen ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (42 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Wangen is located in March District^[3].
• Wangen is in the country of Switzerland^[4].
• Wangen is on the body of water Lake Zurich^[5].
• Wangen is on the body of water Wägitaler Aa^[6].
• Wangen's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[7].
• Wangen's official language is recorded as German^[8].
• Wangen's shares border with is recorded as Galgenen^[9].
• Wangen's shares border with is recorded as Jona^[10].
• Wangen's shares border with is recorded as Lachen^[11].
• Wangen's shares border with is recorded as Schübelbach^[12].
• Wangen's shares border with is recorded as Tuggen^[13].
• Wangen's postal code is recorded as 8855^[14].
• Wangen's Commons category is recorded as Wangen SZ^[15].
• Wangen's licence plate code is recorded as SZ^[16].
• Wangen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[17].
• Wangen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[18].
• Wangen's local dialing code is recorded as 055^[19].
• Wangen's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.190833333333, 'lon': 8.8955555555556}^[20].
• Wangen's official website is recorded as https://www.wangensz.ch^[21].
• Wangen's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wangen SZ^[22].
• Wangen has a population of {'amount': '+5011'}^[23].
• Wangen has a population of {'amount': '+5053'}^[24].
• Wangen's external data available at URL is recorded as https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/1349^[25].
• Wangen's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'de-ch', 'text': 'Wangen (SZ)'}^[26].
• Wangen's list of monuments is recorded as list of cultural properties in Wangen SZ^[27].

Body

Geography

Wangen is in the country of Switzerland^[4]. Wangen is located in March District^[3]. Adjacent water bodies include Lake Zurich^[5], a lake^[28], in Switzerland^[29] and Wägitaler Aa^[6], a river^[30], in Switzerland^[31].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+10.86'}^[32] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+8.46'}^[33]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+424'}^[34] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+422'}^[35]. Population counts include {'amount': '+5011'}^[23] and {'amount': '+5053'}^[24].

Designation and Status

Wangen's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[7].

Why It Matters

Wangen ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (42 views/month).^[2] Wangen has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] Wangen is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]