Benken

Benken is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in . Benken has about 3,030 residents.
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  • Village with about 3,030 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 420 metres (1,380 feet)
  • Description: municipality in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland
  • Postal code: 8717
  • Also known as
    “Benken SG”
    “Benken, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland”
    “Benken, St. Gallen”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church and Burg Wandelberg.
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is a castle.
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is a railway station situated…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kaltbrunn and Uznach.
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is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of See-Gaster in the canton of St.
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is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of See-Gaster in the canton of St. is situated 3½ km northwest of Benken.
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is a municipality in in the in . is situated 4 km southwest of Benken.

Benken

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Latitude
47.19726° or 47° 11′ 50″ north
Longitude
9.00403° or 9° 0′ 15″ east
UN/LOCODE
CH BKN
Open location code
8FVF52W3+WJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240040247
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2661560
Wiki­data ID
Q67227

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Benken” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Բենկեն”
  • Basque: “Benken (SG)”
  • Basque: “Benken”
  • Breton: “Benken”
  • Catalan: “Benken”
  • Cebuano: “Benken”
  • Chinese: “本肯”
  • Czech: “Benken SG”
  • Czech: “Benken”
  • Dutch: “Benken”
  • Esperanto: “Benken SG”
  • French: “Benken”
  • German: “Benken SG”
  • German: “Benken”
  • Hungarian: “Benken (SG)”
  • Irish: “Benken”
  • Italian: “Benken”
  • Kazakh: “Бенкен”
  • Latin: “Babinchova”
  • Lombard: “Benken”
  • Malay: “Benken (SG)”
  • Malay: “Benken, St. Gallen”
  • Malay: “Benken”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Benken”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Benken i St. Gallen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Benken SG”
  • Piemontese: “Benken”
  • Polish: “Benken”
  • Portuguese: “Benken”
  • Russian: “Бенкен”
  • Slovak: “Benken”
  • Spanish: “Benken”
  • Swedish: “Benken, Sankt Gallen”
  • Swedish: “Benken”
  • Swiss German: “Bängge”
  • Swiss German: “Benken SG”
  • Turkish: “Benken, St. Gallen”
  • Ukrainian: “Бенкен (Санкт-Галлен)”
  • Ukrainian: “Бенкен”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Benken”
  • Uzbek: “Benken”
  • Venetian: “Benken (San Gało)”
  • Venetian: “Benken”
  • Vietnamese: “Benken”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Benken, St. Gallen”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Benken”
  • Welsh: “Benken”

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