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 has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[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 instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[8].
  • Weesen's official language is recorded as Swiss High German[9].
  • Weesen's shares border with is recorded as Amden[10].
  • Weesen's shares border with is recorded as Glarus Nord[11].
  • Weesen's shares border with is recorded as Schänis[12].
  • Weesen's postal code is recorded as 8872[13].
  • Weesen's Commons category is recorded as Weesen[14].
  • Weesen's licence plate code is recorded as SG[15].
  • Weesen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[16].
  • Weesen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[17].
  • Weesen's local dialing code is recorded as 055[18].
  • Weesen's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.14268, 'lon': 9.09327}[19].
  • Weesen's official website is recorded as https://www.weesen.ch[20].
  • Weesen's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Weesen[21].
  • Weesen has a population of {'amount': '+1483'}[22].
  • Weesen has a population of {'amount': '+1646'}[23].
  • Weesen has a population of {'amount': '+1723'}[24].
  • Weesen's external data available at URL is recorded as https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/3316[25].
  • Weesen's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection[26].
  • Weesen's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'de-ch', 'text': 'Weesen'}[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 sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+423'}[34]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1483'}[22], {'amount': '+1646'}[23], and {'amount': '+1723'}[24].

Designation and Status

Weesen's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[8]. Weesen's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection[26].

Why It Matters

Weesen has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Weesen is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [3] . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Retrieved . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [34] . wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . wikidata.org.
  28. [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] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
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  2. 18d ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website https://www.weesen.ch
    Country
    Official language
    Located in time zone UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
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    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P10381]]: A60588, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/263620|batch #263620]]"
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