Alterswil

former Swiss municipality
Place former_municipality_of_switzerland Q66949

Facts

15 properties

Identity

Instance of
former municipality of Switzerland (2021–present), Ortsteil (2021–present)[7]
Official name
Alterswil

Location

Located in or next to body of water
Sense[6]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Tafers (2021–present), Sense District, Canton of Fribourg[2][3][4]

Population and size

Area
16.1, 16.14
Elevation above sea level
758.0, 743.0
Population
2,029, 2,028[13][14]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 2,029 · 2,028 GeoNames 2,047 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗

Codes

Local dialing code
026[11]
Postal code
1715[8]
More facts +4
Part of
Tafers[9]
Licence plate code
FR[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Alterswil en Alterswil FR de Galteren de Iffertswil de Juchschrot de Ober Maggenberg de Wengliswil de Wilersguet de Wolgiswil de Alterswil FR de Beniwil nl Alterswil FR zh 阿爾特斯維爾 zh-hans 阿尔特斯维尔
🔖 Identifiers · 14
VIAF cluster ID
1143155226741684490000
GND ID
4560669-9
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Alterswil Hotel Alpenrose 1.jpg ↗
External data available at URL
geo.ld.admin.ch
FactGrid item ID
Black Friday ’29
Freebase ID
/m/0kw4td
GeoNames ID
7285059
HDS ID
001023
OpenWeatherMap city ID
7285059
Swiss municipality code
2291
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Topic's main category
Category:Alterswil
Who's on First ID
1126025231
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Summary

Alterswil is a former municipality of Switzerland[1].

Body

Geography

Located in include Tafers[2], a Municipality of Switzerland[15], in Switzerland[16]; Sense District[3], a district of the canton of Fribourg[17], in Switzerland[18]; and Canton of Fribourg[4], a canton of Switzerland[19], in Switzerland[20], founded in 1481[21].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include 16.1 km²[22] and 16.14 km²[23]. Elevations include 758 m[24] and 743 m[25].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [23] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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