Lalden
Lalden | |
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State : | Switzerland |
Canton : | Valais (VS) |
District : | Visp |
BFS no. : | 6286 |
Postal code : | 3931 |
Coordinates : | 635 867 / 127819 |
Height : | 658 m above sea level M. |
Height range : | 642–905 m above sea level M. |
Area : | 1.30 km² |
Residents: | 649 (December 31, 2018) |
Population density : | 499 inhabitants per km² |
Website: | www.lalden.ch |
Lalden VS |
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Location of the municipality | |
Lalden ( Valais German : Lalu ) is a political municipality and a civic community in the Visp district and a parish of the Visp deanery in the German-speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland .
geography
Lalden is located in Upper Valais between the north bank of the Rotten (Rhône) and the old Lötschberg south ramp . The community borders in the north on Eggerberg , in the northeast on Naters , in the east on Brig-Glis , in the south on Visp and in the west on Baltschieder .
history
The community was first mentioned in 1218 under the name Laudona . Lalden has been documented since 1540 . Lalden belonged to the Visp des Zehnden Visp district.
In the 1960s, the Lonza Group settled in Lalden.
population
Population development | |||||||||||
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year | 1802 | 1850 | 1900 | 1950 | 1970 | 2000 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 |
Residents | 90 | 139 | 188 | 443 | 545 | 651 | 662 | 662 | 667 | 661 | 649 |
In 1950 the population rose to 443 and in 1970 to 545. As of December 31, 2018, it was 649.
railway station
Lalden station is on the Lötschberg line operated by BLS AG .
literature
- Philipp Kalbermatter: Lalden. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2007 .
Web links
- Lalden on the ETHorama platform
- Official website of the municipality of Lalden
Individual evidence
- ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .
- ↑ https://www.lalden.ch/zum-dorf-/geschichte
- ^ A b Philipp Kalbermatter: Lalden. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- ↑ https://www.lalden.ch/zum-dorf-/geschichte