Blatten (Lötschen)

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Blatten (Lötschen)
Blatten (Lötschen) coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of ValaisCanton of Valais Valais (VS)
District : West Raronw
BFS no. : 6192i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 3919
Coordinates : 629 381  /  141278 coordinates: 46 ° 25 '20 "  N , 7 ° 49' 15"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred twenty-nine thousand three hundred eighty-one  /  141278
Height : 1542  m above sea level M.
Height range : 1423–3910 m above sea level M.
Area : 90.51  km²
Residents: 290 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 3 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.blatten-vs.ch
Blatten in the Lötschental

Blatten in the Lötschental
Location of the municipality
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Blatten (Lötschen) (in the walliser German local dialect: uf the Blattun [ʊf t (e) r blɑtʊn] ) is a Munizipalgemeinde and a Burgergemeinde the district West Raron in the German part of the Swiss Canton Wallis .

geography

Blatten lies at an altitude of 1540 m and is the uppermost municipality in the Lötschental . The Lonza , which rises in the municipality on the Langgletscher, flows through the municipality . The hamlets of Eisten, Ried and Weissenried belong to the community. The place is located in the area of ​​the Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn mountain region, which has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2002 .

Blatten seen from the east in 1974

Climate table

Blatten (Lötschen), 1981-2010
Climate diagram
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73
 
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112
 
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Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm
Source:
Average monthly temperatures and precipitation for Blatten (Lötschen), 1981–2010
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 0.2 2.2 5.6 8.6 13.8 17.7 20.5 19.7 16.2 12.0 4.9 0.3 O 10.2
Min. Temperature (° C) −9.9 −9.9 -6.4 -2.8 1.4 3.8 5.9 5.8 2.9 -0.3 -5.0 −8.4 O −1.9
Temperature (° C) −6.0 -4.8 -1.0 2.6 7.6 10.8 13.2 12.4 8.9 4.6 -1.1 -4.9 O 3.6
Precipitation ( mm ) 99 92 87 67 95 91 86 98 73 92 94 112 Σ 1,086
Rainy days ( d ) 10.2 9.4 10.1 8.9 11.2 11.2 11.0 11.1 9.3 9.8 9.5 10.4 Σ 122.1
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population

Population development
year 1798 1850 1900 1950 2000 2010 2012 2014 2016
Residents 280 234 274 362 281 307 295 284 293

Attractions

The Catholic church, built in 1877, was replaced in 1985 by a new building dedicated to the Rosary Queen.

Personalities

  • Walter Henzen (1895–1967), Germanist, legal resident in Blatten
  • Johann Siegen (1886–1982), pastor in Feschel (1912–1914), prior in Kippel (1914–1974)

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  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 .
  2. ^ Linguistic Atlas of German-speaking Switzerland , Volume V 1b.
  3. ↑ Climate table. In: meteoschweiz.admin.ch. meteoschweiz, accessed on December 13, 2018 .
  4. ^ Parish church in Blatten on the website of the Lötschental parishes