Arable sand

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Ackersand is a small village in the municipality of Stalden in the canton of Valais .

The village is located at an altitude of around 700  m above sea level. M. on the Vispa in the level of the Vispertal .

There is a crossing point of the Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn on the route of the former Brig-Visp-Zermatt-Bahn . The main road 212 from Visp to Saas-Fee leads through the village. There on the road at the crossing point is the post bus stop “Stalden VS, Ackersand / Post”, which is served by post buses on the Visp – Stalden line.

According to the national weather service MeteoSwiss, arable sand is the driest place in Switzerland with an average annual precipitation of 545 mm in the period 1981-2010.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Federal Office of Transport (Ed.): Official Swiss Course Book . 2017, 12,552 Visp – St. Niklaus VS – Niedergrächen – Grächen ( fahrplanfelder.ch [PDF; accessed on October 11, 2017]).
  2. ↑ Records Switzerland. (No longer available online.) MeteoSwiss, archived from the original on December 20, 2016 ; accessed on October 11, 2017 .

Coordinates: 46 ° 14 '  N , 7 ° 53'  E ; CH1903:  633714  /  121077