Wangen

Summary

Wangen is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Wangen ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 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 image is recorded as Frohberg (Kempraten) - Obersee - Altendorf - Jona Rüssel IMG 5123.JPG^[7].
• Wangen's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[8].
• Wangen's official language is recorded as German^[9].
• Wangen's shares border with is recorded as Galgenen^[10].
• Wangen's shares border with is recorded as Jona^[11].
• Wangen's shares border with is recorded as Lachen^[12].
• Wangen's shares border with is recorded as Schübelbach^[13].
• Wangen's shares border with is recorded as Tuggen^[14].
• Wangen's coat of arms image is recorded as Wangen SZ-blazon.svg^[15].
• Wangen's GND ID is recorded as 4639635-4^[16].
• Wangen's locator map image is recorded as Karte Gemeinde Wangen.png^[17].
• Wangen's postal code is recorded as 8855^[18].
• Wangen's Commons category is recorded as Wangen SZ^[19].
• Wangen's licence plate code is recorded as SZ^[20].
• Wangen's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1683120^[21].
• Wangen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[22].
• Wangen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[23].
• Wangen's local dialing code is recorded as 055^[24].
• Wangen's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.190833333333, 'lon': 8.8955555555556}^[25].
• Wangen's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fwhfn^[26].
• Wangen's Swiss municipality code is recorded as 1349^[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'}^[36] and {'amount': '+5053'}^[37].

Designation and Status

Wangen's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[8].

Why It Matters

Wangen ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month).^[2] Wangen has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] Wangen is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]