Buochs
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Buochs is a municipality in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Buochs
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Buochs.jpg
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Buochs COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Buochs Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Nidwalden
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-NW
- Swiss town.district
- n.a.
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 6374
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 1502
- Swiss town.area
- 9.9
- Swiss town.elevation
- 435
- Swiss town.website
- www.buochs.ch
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Beckenried, Ennetbürgen, Gersau (SZ), Oberdorf, Stans
- Swiss town.twintowns
- Deidesheim (Germany)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Municipality of Switzerland
- Official name
- Buochs
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Canton of Nidwalden
- Official language
- German
- Population
- 5312
- Area
- 9.96
- Elevation
- 436
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Lake Lucerne
- Shares border with
- Oberdorf
- Official website
- www.buochs.ch
- Image
- Buochs.jpg
- Dialing code
- 041
- Licence plate code
- NW
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- Commons category
- Buochs
- postal code
- 6374
- twinned administrative body
- Deidesheim
- native label
- Buochs
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- P8168
- Newton Booth
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/1502
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Demographics
- Sights
- Politics
- Education
- Economy
- Sports
- References
Buochs is a municipality in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland.
==History== Buochs is first mentioned in 1124 as Boches. In 1184, it was mentioned as Buoches, then in 1210 as Buches, and in 1229 as Buchs.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Buochs” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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