Lenk

municipality in the canton of Bern in Switzerland
AdministrativeArea municipality_of_switzerland Q65152
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Summary

Lenk is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Lenk ranks in the top 6% of municipality of switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (687 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: SGV-ACS[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Obersimmental-Saanen administrative district[4]
  • Country: Switzerland[5]
  • Official language: German[6]
  • Postal code: 3775[7]
  • Commons category: Lenk[8]
  • Licence plate code: BE[9]
  • Local dialing code: 033[10]
  • Sport: alpine skiing[11]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Simmental[12]
  • Official website: https://www.lenkgemeinde.ch[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lenk[14]
  • Population: 2336[15], 2344[16], 2152[17], 2213[18], 2229[19], 2271[20], 2323[21], 2310[22], 2315[23], 2316[24], 2361[25], 2363[26], 2309[27], 2354[28]
  • External data available at URL: https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/792[29]
  • Contains settlement: Lenk[30]
  • Official name: Lenk[31]
  • List of monuments: list of cultural properties in Lenk[32]
  • Elevation above sea level: 1068 m[33], 1545 m[34]
  • Area: 123.1 km²[35], 123.09 km²[36], 122.96 km²[37]
  • Mountain range: Bernese Alps[38]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[39]

Why It Matters

Lenk has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Lenk is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . 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] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Q141599379. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . 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. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11h ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fr', 'frp',
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+123.1'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+123.09'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+122.96'}
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  2. 10w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → A59709
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: A59709, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/263620|batch #263620]]"
  3. 16w ago · Lehmannro · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Lenk
    Official language → German
    Member of → —
    Population → {'amount': '+2336'}, {'amount': '+2344'}, {'amount': '+2152'} +35
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Flag image: CHE Lenk Flag.svg, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782070149300"
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