Weesen

Summary

Weesen is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Weesen ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Weesen was a member of SGV-ACS^[3].
• Weesen is located in See-Gaster Constituency^[4].
• Weesen is in the country of Switzerland^[5].
• Weesen is on the body of water Walensee^[6].
• Weesen is on the body of water Linth^[7].
• Weesen's image is recorded as WeesenWalensee4.jpg^[8].
• Weesen's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[9].
• Weesen's official language is recorded as Swiss High German^[10].
• Weesen's shares border with is recorded as Amden^[11].
• Weesen's shares border with is recorded as Glarus Nord^[12].
• Weesen's shares border with is recorded as Schänis^[13].
• Weesen's coat of arms image is recorded as Wappen Weesen.svg^[14].
• Weesen's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 131684539^[15].
• Weesen's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 766153532495048820001^[16].
• Weesen's GND ID is recorded as 4259339-6^[17].
• Weesen's locator map image is recorded as Karte Gemeinde Weesen.png^[18].
• Weesen's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2002011338^[19].
• Weesen's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 160512375^[20].
• Weesen's postal code is recorded as 8872^[21].
• Weesen's Commons category is recorded as Weesen^[22].
• Weesen's licence plate code is recorded as SG^[23].
• Weesen's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1683963^[24].
• Weesen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[25].
• Weesen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[26].
• Weesen's local dialing code is recorded as 055^[27].

Body

Geography

Weesen is in the country of Switzerland^[5]. Weesen is located in See-Gaster Constituency^[4]. Adjacent water bodies include Walensee^[6], a lake^[28], in Switzerland^[29] and Linth^[7], a river^[30], in Switzerland^[31].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5.39'}^[32] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5.4'}^[33]. Weesen's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+423'}^[34]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1483'}^[35], {'amount': '+1646'}^[36], and {'amount': '+1723'}^[37].

Designation and Status

Weesen's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[9]. Weesen's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection^[38].

Why It Matters

Weesen ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15 views/month).^[2] Weesen has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] Weesen is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]