Zermatt

municipality in Visp district, canton of Valais, Switzerland
Place municipality_of_switzerland Q27494
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Zermatt

Summary

Zermatt is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Zermatt ranks in the top 0.48% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (602 views/month, #9 of 1,875).[2]

Key Facts

  • Zermatt was a member of SGV-ACS[3].
  • Zermatt is located in Visp District[4].
  • Zermatt is in the country of Switzerland[5].
  • Zermatt is on the body of water Zmuttbach[6].
  • Zermatt is on the body of water Vispa[7].
  • Zermatt's image is recorded as 1 zermatt night 2012.jpg[8].
  • Zermatt's image is recorded as 00 106 0604 Zmutt - Zermatt (CH).jpg[9].
  • Zermatt's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[10].
  • Zermatt's instance of is recorded as city of Switzerland[11].
  • Zermatt's instance of is recorded as carfree city[12].
  • Zermatt's instance of is recorded as car-free place[13].
  • Zermatt's flag image is recorded as CHE Zermatt Flag.svg[14].
  • Zermatt's shares border with is recorded as Macugnaga[15].
  • Zermatt's shares border with is recorded as Alagna Valsesia[16].
  • Zermatt's shares border with is recorded as Ayas[17].
  • Zermatt's shares border with is recorded as Bionaz[18].
  • Zermatt's shares border with is recorded as Gressoney-La-Trinité[19].
  • Zermatt's shares border with is recorded as Valtournenche[20].
  • Zermatt's coat of arms image is recorded as CHE Zermatt COA.svg[21].
  • Zermatt's twinned administrative body is recorded as Alfano[22].
  • Zermatt's twinned administrative body is recorded as Myōkō[23].
  • Zermatt's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kyoto[24].
  • Zermatt's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 157148337[25].
  • Zermatt's GND ID is recorded as 4108981-9[26].
  • Zermatt's locator map image is recorded as Karte Gemeinde Zermatt 2007.png[27].

Body

Geography

Zermatt is in the country of Switzerland[5]. Zermatt is located in Visp District[4]. Adjacent water bodies include Zmuttbach[6], a river[28], in Switzerland[29] and Vispa[7], a stream[30], in Switzerland[31].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+242.67'}[32], {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+242.91'}[33], and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+242.85'}[34]. Zermatt's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1624'}[35]. Population counts include {'amount': '+5770'}[36], {'amount': '+5643'}[37], {'amount': '+5755'}[38], {'amount': '+5000'}[39], {'amount': '+436'}[40], and {'amount': '+369'}[41].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Municipality of Switzerland[10], city of Switzerland[11], carfree city[12], and car-free place[13].

Why It Matters

Zermatt ranks in the top 0.48% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (602 views/month, #9 of 1,875).[2] Zermatt has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Zermatt is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  23. [26] . wikidata.org.
  24. [27] . wikidata.org.
  25. [3] . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [36] . wikidata.org.
  27. [37] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [38] . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  32. [35] . it-ch.topographic-map.com. it-ch.topographic-map.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [32] . wikidata.org.
  34. [33] . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [34] . bfs.admin.ch. 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. [42] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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