Blatten (Lötschen)
Blatten (Lötschen) | |
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State : | Switzerland |
Canton : | Valais (VS) |
District : | West Raron |
BFS no. : | 6192 |
Postal code : | 3919 |
Coordinates : | 629 381 / 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 |
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Location of the municipality | |
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 .
Climate table
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Average monthly temperatures and precipitation for Blatten (Lötschen), 1981–2010
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population
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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
- Werner Bellwald: Blatten (VS). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2004 .
Web links
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 .
- ^ Linguistic Atlas of German-speaking Switzerland , Volume V 1b.
- ↑ Climate table. In: meteoschweiz.admin.ch. meteoschweiz, accessed on December 13, 2018 .
- ^ Parish church in Blatten on the website of the Lötschental parishes