Fieschertal

Fieschertal

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton of Valais Valais (VS)
District :	Gomsw
BFS no. :	6058i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	3984
Coordinates :	653835 / 141979 coordinates: 46 ° 25 '37 " N , 8 ° 8' 20" O ; CH1903: 653835 / 14197946,427 8,139 1108
Height :	1108 m above sea level M.
Height range :	1071-4273 m above sea level M.
Area :	172.81 km²
Residents:	318 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	2 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.fieschertal.ch
Fieschertal
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Fieschertal ( Valais German [ˈfiəʃərˌtɑu] ) is a municipal municipality and a civic municipality in the Goms district in the German-speaking part of the Swiss canton of Valais .

geography

Fieschertal lies below the Fiescher Glacier , at the end of the valley and was only accessible on foot from Fiesch until the 1960s . With an area of 17,295 hectares, Fieschertal is one of the largest municipalities in Switzerland, with 15,966 hectares in the world natural heritage area. The municipal area extends in the north to the Jungfraujoch .

Yenish families are naturalized in Fieschertal, but they live outside the municipality or live on a journey .

population

Population development
year	1850	1900	1950	2000	2016
Residents	138	181	254	255	321

Attractions

literature

Philipp Kalbermatter: Fieschertal. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2005 .
Walter Ruppen: Fieschertal . In: Society for Swiss Art History (Hrsg.): Kunstdenkmäler der Schweiz (= Vol. 67 ). Untergoms Vol. 2. Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 1979, ISBN 3-7643-1080-4 , p. 397-419 .

Web links

Commons : Fieschertal - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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

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 .
↑ Lexicon of Swiss municipality names . Edited by the Center de Dialectologie at the University of Neuchâtel under the direction of Andres Kristol. Frauenfeld / Lausanne 2005, p. 355.

[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] Lexicon of Swiss municipality names . Edited by the Center de Dialectologie at the University of Neuchâtel under the direction of Andres Kristol. Frauenfeld / Lausanne 2005, p. 355.