Gampel

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Valais (VS)

District :

Leuk

Municipal municipality :

Gampel viola

Postal code :

3945

former BFS no. :

6107

Coordinates :

623 982 / 129.52 thousand coordinates: 46 ° 19 '0 " N , 7 ° 45' 0" O ; CH1903: 623982 / 129.52 thousand

Height :

634 m above sea level M.

Area :

16.9 km²

Residents:

1332 (December 31, 2007)

Population density :

79 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.gampel.ch

Gampel (right) and Steg (left)

map

Parish before the merger on December 31, 2008

Gampel is a parish of the dean's office in Leuk and a village in Upper Valais that belongs to the political municipality of Gampel-Bratsch in the Leuk district of the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

On January 20, 2008, the voters of the communities Gampel and Bratsch decided to merge the two communities. The new community was founded on January 1st, 2009 and is called Gampel-Bratsch .

coat of arms

Description : In blue on the right a golden six-pointed star and opposite a silver crescent moon with the tips turned inwards over a golden three-point mountain .

population

Population development
year	1850	1900	1910	1950	2000	2007
Residents	330	531	2086 (construction of the Lötschberg tunnel)	798	1301	1332

Culture

Gampel is best known for the Open Air Gampel , which takes place every year in August .

literature

Rachel Siggen-Bruttin: Gampel. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2017 .

Web links

Gampel on the ETHorama platform
Official website of the municipality of Gampel-Bratsch