Kriens
municipality in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
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Summary
Kriens is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Kriens ranks in the top 5% of municipality of switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,043 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Luzern-Land Constituency[3]
- Country: Switzerland[4]
- Instance of: city of Switzerland[5]
- Official language: German[6]
- Shares border with: Hergiswil[7], Horw[8], Littau[9], Malters[10], Lucerne[11], Schwarzenberg[12]
- Twinned administrative body: San Damiano d'Asti[13]
- Postal code: 6010[14], 6011[15], 6012[16]
- Commons category: Kriens[17]
- Licence plate code: LU[18]
- Local dialing code: 041[19]
- Official website: https://www.kriens.ch[20]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kriens[21]
- Population: 26,751[22], 26,997[23], 27,441[24], 24,742[25], 30,685[26]
- External data available at URL: https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/1059[27]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[28], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[29]
- Official name: Kriens[30]
- List of monuments: list of cultural properties in Kriens[31]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Kriens, Switzerland[32]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Kriens, Switzerland[33]
- Elevation above sea level: 490 m[34], 843 m[35]
- Area: 27.31 km²[36], 27.3 km²[37]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[38]
Why It Matters
Kriens has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] Kriens is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]