Weesen

municipality in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland
AdministrativeArea municipality_of_switzerland Q69644
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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]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [15] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] . wikidata.org.
  24. [3] . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [35] . wikidata.org.
  27. [36] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [37] . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [38] . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Retrieved . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [34] . wikidata.org.
  31. [32] . wikidata.org.
  32. [33] . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [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. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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