Wikon

municipality in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
AdministrativeArea municipality_of_switzerland Q14625
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Wikon

Summary

Wikon is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Wikon ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wikon is located in Willisau Constituency[3].
  • Wikon is in the country of Switzerland[4].
  • Wikon's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[5].
  • Wikon's official language is recorded as German[6].
  • Wikon's coat of arms image is recorded as CHE Wikon COA.png[7].
  • Wikon's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 242769245[8].
  • Wikon's GND ID is recorded as 7546554-1[9].
  • Wikon's locator map image is recorded as Karte Gemeinde Wikon 2013.png[10].
  • Wikon's postal code is recorded as 4806[11].
  • Wikon's Commons category is recorded as Wikon[12].
  • Wikon's licence plate code is recorded as LU[13].
  • Wikon's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1682931[14].
  • Wikon's local dialing code is recorded as 062[15].
  • Wikon's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.262777777778, 'lon': 7.9658333333333}[16].
  • Wikon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0g0zl4[17].
  • Wikon's Swiss municipality code is recorded as 1147[18].
  • Wikon's official website is recorded as https://www.wikon.ch[19].
  • Wikon's HDS ID is recorded as 000686[20].
  • Wikon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wikon[21].
  • Wikon's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1525'}[22].
  • Wikon's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1528'}[23].
  • Wikon's external data available at URL is recorded as https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/1147[24].
  • Wikon's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'de-ch', 'text': 'Wikon'}[25].
  • Wikon's list of monuments is recorded as list of cultural properties in Wikon[26].
  • Wikon's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7287572[27].

Body

Geography

Wikon is in the country of Switzerland[4]. Wikon is located in Willisau Constituency[3].

Physical Characteristics

Wikon's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+8.28'}[28]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+460'}[29] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+636'}[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1525'}[22] and {'amount': '+1528'}[23].

Designation and Status

Wikon's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[5].

Why It Matters

Wikon ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).[2] Wikon has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Wikon is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . classifications.data.admin.ch. classifications.data.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . wikidata.org.
  27. [30] . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · ARK · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Area {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+8.28'}
    Population
    List of monuments list of cultural properties in Wikon
    Population {'amount': '+1525'}, {'amount': '+1528'}
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P94]]: CHE Wikon COA.svg"
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