Wiler (Lötschen)

Wiler (Lötschen)

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton of Valais Valais (VS)
District :	West Raron
BFS no. :	6202i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	3918
Coordinates :	626 550 / 139 258 coordinates: 46 ° 24 '15 " N , 7 ° 47' 2" O ; CH1903: 626,550 / 13925846.404161 7.783887 1421
Height :	1421 m above sea level M.
Height range :	1351-3304 m above sea level M.
Area :	14.87 km²
Residents:	565 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	38 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.wilervs.ch
View of Wiler in the Lötschental
Location of the municipality
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Lauchernalp

Wiler (Lötschen) , in walliser German local dialect Wiilär [ʋiːlər] is a Munizipalgemeinde and a Burgergemeinde of West Raron district and a Parish of Dekanats Raron in the German part of the Swiss Canton Wallis .

geography

Wiler is one of the four communities in the Lötschental , along with Ferden , Kippel and Blatten .

history

The place is first mentioned in 1363 as Wyllere . In 1900, on the “red blessed Sunday” (June 17th), almost the entire village was reduced to rubble by a conflagration . In 1876 and 2011, the Milibach also brought devastation. The place (like the whole valley) was not developed until 1953 with a road for motor vehicle traffic.

Infrastructure

Wiler is the location of the common kindergarten and the common primary school of the four Lötschental communities. The orientation school is located in the neighboring village of Kippel .

The place is the tourist and sporting center of the Lötschental. A cable car, opened in 1972, leads from Wiler to the Alpe Lauchernalp at an altitude of almost 2000 m, where there is a holiday resort and a skiing area.

population

Population development
year	1798	1802	1850	1900	1950	2000	2010	2012	2014	2016
Residents	172	150	181	228	338	488	546	575	575	570

Attractions

Personalities

Wilhelm Ebener (1898–1980), Grand Councilor (1937–1941), Cantonal Judge (1944–1963)
Innozenz Lehner (1917–2000), Grand Councilor (1953–1969), Grand Council President (1968–1969), National Councilor (1967–1975)

literature

Alois Grichting: Wiler (Lötschen). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2013 .

Web links

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

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. 968.

[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. 968.