Benken

Summary

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

Key Facts

• Benken was a member of SGV-ACS^[3].
• Benken is located in See-Gaster Constituency^[4].
• Benken is in the country of Switzerland^[5].
• Benken is on the body of water Linth^[6].
• Benken's image is recorded as Benken Luftbild.jpg^[7].
• Benken's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[8].
• Benken's official language is recorded as Swiss High German^[9].
• Benken's shares border with is recorded as Glarus Nord^[10].
• Benken's shares border with is recorded as Schänis^[11].
• Benken's shares border with is recorded as Schübelbach^[12].
• Benken's shares border with is recorded as Tuggen^[13].
• Benken's shares border with is recorded as Uznach^[14].
• Benken's shares border with is recorded as Kaltbrunn^[15].
• Benken's shares border with is recorded as Reichenburg^[16].
• Benken's coat of arms image is recorded as Benken SG-blazon.svg^[17].
• Benken's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 238776064^[18].
• Benken's GND ID is recorded as 4609981-5^[19].
• Benken's GND ID is recorded as 1096476-9^[20].
• Benken's locator map image is recorded as Karte Gemeinde Benken SG.png^[21].
• Benken's postal code is recorded as 8717^[22].
• Benken's Commons category is recorded as Benken SG^[23].
• Benken's licence plate code is recorded as SG^[24].
• Benken's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1683864^[25].
• Benken's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[26].
• Benken's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[27].

Body

Geography

Benken is in the country of Switzerland^[5]. Benken is located in See-Gaster Constituency^[4]. Benken is on the body of water Linth^[6].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+16.48'}^[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+16.5'}^[29]. Benken's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+420'}^[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+3015'}^[31] and {'amount': '+3025'}^[32].

Designation and Status

Benken's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[8].

Why It Matters

Benken ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] Benken has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Benken is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]