Oberhelfenschwil

village and former municipality in Neckertal in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Place municipality_of_switzerland Q66958
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Oberhelfenschwil

Summary

Oberhelfenschwil is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Oberhelfenschwil ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Oberhelfenschwil was a member of SGV-ACS[3].
  • Oberhelfenschwil is located in Neckertal[4].
  • Oberhelfenschwil is in the country of Switzerland[5].
  • Oberhelfenschwil is on the body of water Thur[6].
  • Oberhelfenschwil is on the body of water Necker[7].
  • Oberhelfenschwil's instance of is recorded as former municipality of Switzerland[8].
  • Oberhelfenschwil's instance of is recorded as village[9].
  • Oberhelfenschwil's official language is recorded as Swiss High German[10].
  • Oberhelfenschwil's shares border with is recorded as Brunnadern[11].
  • Oberhelfenschwil's shares border with is recorded as Wattwil[12].
  • Oberhelfenschwil's shares border with is recorded as Lichtensteig[13].
  • Oberhelfenschwil's shares border with is recorded as Mogelsberg[14].
  • Oberhelfenschwil's shares border with is recorded as Bütschwil-Ganterschwil[15].
  • Oberhelfenschwil's postal code is recorded as 9621[16].
  • Oberhelfenschwil's Commons category is recorded as Oberhelfenschwil[17].
  • Oberhelfenschwil's licence plate code is recorded as SG[18].
  • Oberhelfenschwil's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[19].
  • Oberhelfenschwil's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[20].
  • Oberhelfenschwil's local dialing code is recorded as 071[21].
  • Oberhelfenschwil's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.34972222222222, 'lon': 9.1}[22].
  • Oberhelfenschwil's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Oberhelfenschwil[23].
  • Oberhelfenschwil has a population of {'amount': '+1267'}[24].
  • Oberhelfenschwil has a population of {'amount': '+1261'}[25].
  • Oberhelfenschwil's external data available at URL is recorded as https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/3375[26].
  • Oberhelfenschwil's replaced by is recorded as Neckertal[27].

Body

Geography

Oberhelfenschwil is in the country of Switzerland[5]. Oberhelfenschwil is located in Neckertal[4]. Adjacent water bodies include Thur[6], a river[28], in Switzerland[29] and Necker[7], a river[30], in Switzerland[31].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+12.68'}[32] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+12.65'}[33]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+798'}[34] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+792'}[35]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1267'}[24] and {'amount': '+1261'}[25].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include former municipality of Switzerland[8] and village[9].

Why It Matters

Oberhelfenschwil ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2] Oberhelfenschwil has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] . wikidata.org.
  12. [7] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . wikidata.org.
  18. [3] . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [34] . wikidata.org.
  27. [35] . wikidata.org.
  28. [32] . wikidata.org.
  29. [33] . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website http://www.oberhelfenschwil.ch
    Member of SGV-ACS
    Instance of
    Coordinate location {'lat': 47.34972222222222, 'lon': 9.1}
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