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Grächen

municipality in Switzerland
AdministrativeArea municipality_of_switzerland Q70097
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Summary

Grächen is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Grächen ranks in the top 6% of municipality of switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (406 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: SGV-ACS[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Canton of Valais[4], Visp District[5]
  • Country: Switzerland[6]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Matter Vispa[7]
  • Instance of: car-free place[8]
  • Postal code: 3925[9]
  • Commons category: Grächen[10]
  • Licence plate code: VS[11]
  • Local dialing code: 027[12]
  • Official website: http://www.gemeinde-graechen.ch[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Grächen[14]
  • Population: 1293[15], 1251[16]
  • External data available at URL: https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6285[17]
  • Official name: Grächen[18]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Grächen, Switzerland[19]
  • Elevation above sea level: 1619 m[20], 1807 m[21]
  • Area: 14.0 km²[22], 14.26 km²[23], 14.27 km²[24]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[25]

Why It Matters

Grächen has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] Grächen is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Related Entities

Chris Patten Govdirectory Switzerland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Q141599379. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . govdirectory.org. Retrieved . govdirectory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'ca', 'ceb', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fi', 'fr', 'it', 'ko',
    Sitelink count → 30
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+14.0'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+14.26'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+14.27'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Area: 14.27 square kilometre, area from swisstopo data ([[Wikidata:Requests for permissions/Bot/OKA bot|swisstopo task]])"
  2. 10w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → A61223
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: A61223, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/263620|batch #263620]]"
  3. 17w ago · Lehmannro · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Flag image → CHE Graechen Flag.svg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Flag image: CHE Graechen Flag.svg"
  4. 24w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → Municipality of Switzerland, car-free place
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Canton of Valais, Visp District
    Member of → SGV-ACS
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+14.0'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+14.26'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+14.27'}
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||ur */"
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