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Bitsch
Valaisvillage
Total population
747
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Bitsch is a small village that lies in Valais, Switzerland. Around 747 people are recorded as living there in the most recent open data. Bitsch maps to 46.337°, 8.014° — squarely within the temperate belt. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 1,281 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 50% of daylight hours. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience four distinct seasons with warm summers and cold winters. Further detail — demographics, climate, nearby amenities and natural-hazard data — is compiled below from public open-data sources.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Earthquake history
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in Valais
- Ebnet0.2 mi away
- Brig1.9 mi away · pop. 12,823
- Birgisch3.1 mi away · pop. 253
- Belalp3.1 mi away
- Bister3.1 mi away · pop. 31
- Grengiols4.5 mi away · pop. 436
- Martisberg5.3 mi away · pop. 16
- Schmidighischere8.3 mi away
- Sankt German9.3 mi away
- Gspon9.4 mi away
- Bürchen10.2 mi away · pop. 767
- Blatten (Lötschen)10.9 mi away · pop. 303
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species









Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 6173
- Population (Wikidata)
- 974
- Wikidata
- Q68046
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771