Bister

Summary

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

Key Facts

• Bister is located in Canton of Valais^[3].
• Bister is located in Östlich Raron District^[4].
• Bister is in the country of Switzerland^[5].
• Bister is on the body of water Rhône^[6].
• Bister's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[7].
• Bister's shares border with is recorded as Grengiols^[8].
• Bister's shares border with is recorded as Termen^[9].
• Bister's coat of arms image is recorded as CHE Bister COA.svg^[10].
• Bister's locator map image is recorded as Karte Gemeinde Bister.png^[11].
• Bister's postal code is recorded as 3983^[12].
• Bister's Commons category is recorded as Bister^[13].
• Bister's licence plate code is recorded as VS^[14].
• Bister's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1685277^[15].
• Bister's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[16].
• Bister's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[17].
• Bister's local dialing code is recorded as 027^[18].
• Bister's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.366666666667, 'lon': 8.0666666666667}^[19].
• Bister's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h6c6x^[20].
• Bister's Swiss municipality code is recorded as 6172^[21].
• Bister's HDS ID is recorded as 002747^[22].
• Bister's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bister^[23].
• Bister's population is recorded as {'amount': '+32'}^[24].
• Bister's population is recorded as {'amount': '+33'}^[25].
• Bister's external data available at URL is recorded as https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6172^[26].
• Bister's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'und', 'text': 'Bister'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Bister is in the country of Switzerland^[5]. Located in include Canton of Valais^[3], a canton of Switzerland^[28], in Switzerland^[29], founded in 1815^[30] and Östlich Raron District^[4], a district of the canton of Valais^[31], in Switzerland^[32]. Bister is on the body of water Rhône^[6].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5.8'}^[33] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5.81'}^[34]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1054'}^[35] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1896'}^[36]. Population counts include {'amount': '+32'}^[24] and {'amount': '+33'}^[25].

Designation and Status

Bister's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[7].

Why It Matters

Bister ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2] Bister has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37]