Bex

municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland
AdministrativeArea municipality_of_switzerland Q52261
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Bex

Summary

Bex is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Bex ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bex was a member of SGV-ACS[3].
  • Bex is located in Aigle District[4].
  • Bex is in the country of Switzerland[5].
  • Bex is on the body of water Rhône[6].
  • Bex's image is recorded as Bex - Dents du Midi.jpg[7].
  • Bex's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[8].
  • Bex's official language is recorded as French[9].
  • Bex's coat of arms image is recorded as CHE Bex COA.svg[10].
  • Bex's twinned administrative body is recorded as Tuttlingen[11].
  • Bex's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 155971893[12].
  • Bex's GND ID is recorded as 4202911-9[13].
  • Bex's locator map image is recorded as Karte Gemeinde Bex 2008.png[14].
  • Bex's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83010249[15].
  • Bex's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 16051142g[16].
  • Bex's postal code is recorded as 1880[17].
  • Bex's Commons category is recorded as Bex[18].
  • Bex's licence plate code is recorded as VD[19].
  • Bex's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1684852[20].
  • Bex's located in time zone is recorded as Central European Time[21].
  • Bex's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q150 (fra)-Eihel-Bex.wav[22].
  • Bex's local dialing code is recorded as 024[23].
  • Bex's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.25, 'lon': 7.0166666666667}[24].
  • Bex's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02mdbt[25].
  • Bex's Swiss municipality code is recorded as 5402[26].
  • Bex's official website is recorded as https://www.bex.ch[27].

Body

Geography

Bex is in the country of Switzerland[5]. Bex is located in Aigle District[4]. Bex is on the body of water Rhône[6].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+96.56'}[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+96.57'}[29]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+424'}[30] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1075'}[31]. Population counts include {'amount': '+7747'}[32], {'amount': '+7757'}[33], {'amount': '+7771'}[34], {'amount': '+8508'}[35], and {'amount': '+8841'}[36].

Designation and Status

Bex's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[8]. Bex's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection[37].

Why It Matters

Bex ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month).[2] Bex has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Bex is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . wikidata.org.
  20. [3] . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . classifications.data.admin.ch. classifications.data.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [32] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [33] . wikidata.org.
  28. [34] . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [35] . bex.ch. bex.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [36] . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [37] . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Retrieved . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] . wikidata.org.
  34. [28] . wikidata.org.
  35. [29] . 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. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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