Albinen

Albinen

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton of Valais Valais (VS)
District :	Leukw
BFS no. :	6102i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	3955
Coordinates :	614 964 / 132086 coordinates: 46 ° 20 '24 " N , 7 ° 37' 59" O ; CH1903: 614,964 / one hundred and thirty-two thousand and eighty-six46.34 7.633 1300
Height :	1300 m above sea level M.
Height range :	748–2884 m above sea level M.
Area :	15.56 km²
Residents:	238 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	15 inhabitants per km²
Mayor :	Beat Jost
Website:	www.albinen.ch
Albinen
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Albinen ( Valais German Albinu [ albɪnʊ ]; French Arbignon / Albignon ) is a village, a municipality and a civic community of the district Leuk and a parish of the deanery Leuk of the German-speaking part canton of Valais in Switzerland .

Surname

The place is first mentioned in 1224 as albignun . The place name could go back to a Latin personal name * Albinione .

geography

Albinen is located on a southern slope at the entrance to the Dalatal .

Side streets connect Albinen with Leukerbad and the town of Leuk .

The sights of Albinen include numerous preserved Valais mountain farmhouses and barns.

The village church is built in a very modern style after the old church was destroyed by an earthquake . There is a private mill museum in the village, which is open once a week.

coat of arms

Description : In silver, a black high cross on a green three-mountain .

population

Population development
year	1850	1900	1950	2000	2010	2012	2014	2016
Residents	370	380	323	261	278	268	251	241

Attractions

economy

Today the village lives mainly from tourism. Due to its proximity to the Torrent cable cars , it is mainly visited by winter sports tourists in winter. Challenging hikes can be undertaken from Albinen. Demanding tours are also possible, for example hike the route to Leukerbad via the Albinen ladders.

Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1955

Personalities

Rudolf Metry (1885–1936), Grand Councilor (1921–1936), National Councilor (1932–1936)
Beat Jost (* 1954), trade unionist, journalist, politician (SP), Mayor Albinen (since 2017)

gallery

catholic parish church

literature

Alma Treyer: Albinen. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2009 .

Web links

Commons : Albinen - collection of images, videos and audio files

Albinen on the ETHorama platform
Official website of the municipality of Albinen

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 .
^ ^A ^b Andres Kristol: Albinen VS (Leuk) in: Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses - Lexicon of Swiss community names - Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS | LSG). Center de dialectologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld / Stuttgart / Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7193-1308-5 and Éditions Payot, Lausanne 2005, ISBN 2-601-03336-3 , p. 81.

[1] 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 .

[ks-2] A ^b Andres Kristol: Albinen VS (Leuk) in: Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses - Lexicon of Swiss community names - Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS | LSG). Center de dialectologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld / Stuttgart / Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7193-1308-5 and Éditions Payot, Lausanne 2005, ISBN 2-601-03336-3 , p. 81.