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Encyclopedia > Galgenen

Coordinates: 47°11′N 8°53′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

Galgenen
Coat of Arms of Galgenen
Canton Schwyz
District March
Coordinates  47°11′N 8°53′E
Population 4178   (December 2005)
Area 13.3 km²
Elevation 425 m
Postal code 8854
SFOS number 1342
Website www.galgenen.ch
Location on map of Switzerland
Galgenen

Galgenen is a municipality in the district of March, in the canton of Schwyz, Switzerland. The twenty-six cantons of Switzerland are the states of the federal state of Switzerland. ... Schwyz (German Schwyz) is a canton in central Switzerland between Lake Lucerne in the south and Lake Zurich in the north. ... In contrast to centrally organised states, in the federally constituted Switzerland each Canton is completely free to decide its own internal organisation. ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The metre, or meter (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... Here are postal codes of Switzerland and Liechtenstein: Zone 1 1000s are found in Lausanne, Lavaux and parts of Morges, 1100s in parts of Morges, 1200s are in Geneva and parts of La Côte, Vaud, 1300s in La Vallée, 1500s are found in Clavaleyres, the 1700s are found... The Official Munipality Key, formerly also known as the Official Municipality Characteristic Number or Municipality Code Number, is a number sequence for the identification of politically independent municipalities or municipality-free areas. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1359x922, 341 KB) Switzerland Map drawn by Tschubby see also Karte_Schweiz_Details. ... Image File history File links Locator_Dot. ... Municipalities are the smallest government division in Switzerland. ... Schwyz (German Schwyz) is a canton in central Switzerland between Lake Lucerne in the south and Lake Zurich in the north. ...


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The Historical Dictionary of Switzerland is an encyclopedia on the history of Switzerland that aims to take into account the results of modern historical research in a manner accessible to a broader audience. ...


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Rod Raymond, UMD Life Fitness/ Wellness Coordinator finished fifth overall on July 10 in the Swiss Expo Gigathlon, a multi-event race that went from Locarno to Basel, Switzerland.
Raymond, who won the race in 1998, finished an hour behind winner Martin Soliva from Galgenen, Switzerland.
The Gigathlon is a race over 391 kilometers (244 miles), divided into five different sporting categories (swimming, mountain biking, road cycling, running and inline skating.) About 200 solo competitors were entered in the Gigathlon.
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