Grenchen

Summary

Grenchen is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Grenchen ranks in the top 3% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (71 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Grenchen was a member of SGV-ACS^[3].
• Grenchen is located in Lebern District^[4].
• Grenchen is in the country of Switzerland^[5].
• Grenchen is on the body of water Aare^[6].
• Grenchen's image is recorded as Grenchen waldrand.JPG^[7].
• Grenchen's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[8].
• Grenchen's instance of is recorded as city of Switzerland^[9].
• Grenchen's official language is recorded as German^[10].
• Grenchen's shares border with is recorded as Court^[11].
• Grenchen's coat of arms image is recorded as Grenchen-blazon.svg^[12].
• Grenchen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Neckarsulm^[13].
• Grenchen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Sélestat^[14].
• Grenchen's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 144282726^[15].
• Grenchen's GND ID is recorded as 4021984-7^[16].
• Grenchen's locator map image is recorded as Karte Gemeinde Grenchen 2011.png^[17].
• Grenchen's postal code is recorded as 2540^[18].
• Grenchen's Commons category is recorded as Grenchen^[19].
• Grenchen's licence plate code is recorded as SO^[20].
• Grenchen's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1683510^[21].
• Grenchen's local dialing code is recorded as 032^[22].
• Grenchen's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.193055555556, 'lon': 7.3958333333333}^[23].
• Grenchen's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cfj8b^[24].
• Grenchen's Swiss municipality code is recorded as 2546^[25].
• Grenchen's official website is recorded as https://www.grenchen.ch^[26].
• Grenchen's HDS ID is recorded as 001148^[27].

Body

Geography

Grenchen is in the country of Switzerland^[5]. Grenchen is located in Lebern District^[4]. Grenchen is on the body of water Aare^[6].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+26.08'}^[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+26.03'}^[29]. Grenchen's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+451'}^[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+16173'}^[31], {'amount': '+17140'}^[32], {'amount': '+17371'}^[33], and {'amount': '+754'}^[34].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Municipality of Switzerland^[8] and city of Switzerland^[9]. Grenchen's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection^[35].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Grenchen include Grenchen Airport^[36], a domestic airport^[37], in Switzerland^[38].

Why It Matters

Grenchen ranks in the top 3% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (71 views/month).^[2] Grenchen has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] Grenchen is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]

Entities named for Grenchen include Grenchen Airport^[36], a domestic airport^[37], in Switzerland^[38].