Benken SG

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Benken SG

Total population

3,073

Coordinates47.20°, 9.00°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Benken is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Linda Fäh

Swiss model

C

Clemens Thoma

Swiss theologian (1932-2011)

K

Karl Josef Romer

Swiss-born Roman Catholic bishop

Andreas Dietziker

Swiss bicycle racer

M

Marlies Oberholzer

Swiss alpine skier

I

Ivo Rüegg

bobsledder

Fabian Giger

Swiss bicycle racer

E

Emil Würmli

Swiss composer and publisher (1920-2007)

Karl Hager

Swiss priest and author (1862-1918)

Paul Hofmann

Swiss politician (1913-2000)

P

Peter Gross

Swiss sociologist and politician (1941–2023)

F

Ferdinand Rüegg

(1847-1913)

L

Léo Eichmann

Swiss footballer

Maria Josefa Karolina Brader

Swiss Roman Catholic religious sister who founded the Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate (1860-1943)

M

Miriam Rickli

Swiss television presenter

Marina Gilardoni

Swiss skeleton racer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.