Simplon village
Simplon | |
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State : | Switzerland |
Canton : | Valais (VS) |
District : | Brig |
BFS no. : | 6009 |
Postal code : | 3907 |
Coordinates : | 647 621 / 116 443 |
Height : | 1476 m above sea level M. |
Height range : | 999–4015 m above sea level M. |
Area : | 91.01 km² |
Residents: | 305 (December 31, 2018) |
Population density : | 3 inhabitants per km² |
Website: | www.gemeinde-simplon.ch |
View of Simplon village |
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Location of the municipality | |
Simplon (formerly also talk shop , Valais German : Simpilu ) is a municipality and a civic community of the district Brig and a parish of the deanery Brig of the German-speaking part canton of Valais in Switzerland at the Simplon Pass road ( N 9 located).
To distinguish it from the Simplon Pass, the municipality is also called the Simplon Village . It is divided into the Simplon-Dorf, Egga, Gabi and Simplonpass fractions . The village is nine kilometers by road south of the top of the pass, which is part of the municipality.
history
The parish is first documented in 1267 and bears the patronage of St. Gotthard . The current parish church was built in 1725 and solemnly consecrated in 1736.
population
Population development | ||||||||
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year | 1798 | 1850 | 1880 | 1900 | 1910 | 1950 | 2000 | 2016 |
Residents | 250 | 364 | 435 | 357 | 318 | 451 | 333 | 309 |
Attractions
The center of Simplon Dorf has been included in the inventory for protected local objects in Switzerland ( ISOS ) as a site of national importance.
gallery
Säumerpfad Simplon-Dorf
Personalities
- Josef Escher (1885–1954), Federal Councilor (1950–1954)
See also
literature
- Renato Arnold: Simplon. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2011 .
Web links
- Simplon Dorf on the ETHorama platform
- Official website of the municipality of Simplon
- Official website of Simplon Tourism
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 .
- ↑ Simplon-Dorf on the map of the Federal Office for Topography
- ↑ List of ISOS site images of national importance ( Memento of the original from April 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.