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Bellwald
Valaisvillage
Bellwald
Total population
434
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Bellwald is a municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
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History
Bellwald was first used to refer to the nearby mountain 1273 Beliwalt and 1293 Belwalt. The name then came to mean the main village below the mountain. The village was first mentioned in 1374 as Zblattun.
Geography
Bellwald has an area, , of . Of this area, 49.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 19.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 4.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and 26.2% is unproductive land. It lies at and is the highest village in Goms, or the upper Rhône river valley. The municipality consists of scattered settlements between the Rhône and Fiescher valley. It consists of the village of Bellwald and the hamlets of Ried, Eggen, Bodmen and Fürgangen.
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
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Wildlife & biodiversity
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Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 6052
- Population (Wikidata)
- 378
- Wikidata
- Q68466
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771