Chelin

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Chelin

Total population

435

Coordinates46.27°, 7.45°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

The shilling is a historical coin and the name of a unit of modern currencies formerly used in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, other British Commonwealth countries and Ireland. It was generally equivalent to 12 pence, one-twentieth of a pound, and was largely phased out during the 1960s and 1970s.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

R

Robert Dill-Bundi

Swiss racing cyclist (1958–2024)

Johann Tschopp

Racing cyclist (road, cyclo-coss and mountain bike)

S

Sylviane Berthod

Swiss alpine skier

L

Leó Salamin

F

Fanny Clavien

Swiss karateka

G

Gilbert Bischoff

Swiss cyclist

N

Nestor Cerutti

entomologist (1886-1940)

W

Walter Billeter

Poet

P

Peter-Josef de Preux

Roman Catholic bishop

G

Gustave Cerutti

A

Andreas Steinemann

A

Antoine Advocat

(1747-1816)

J

Jean Clivaz

Swiss politician and trade unionist

J

Jean-Jérôme Filliez

Swiss politician

Jean Tschopp

Swiss politician

S

Salomé Lippuner

jewelry designer (born 1956)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Valais

• Flanthey
  0.4 mi away · pop. 193
• Lens
  0.9 mi away · pop. 3,986
• Granges
  1 mi away
• Condémines
  1 mi away · pop. 65
• Icogne
  1.6 mi away · pop. 561
• Luc (Ayent)
  1.7 mi away · pop. 600
• La Place (Ayent)
  1.7 mi away · pop. 220
• Uvrier
  1.8 mi away
• Daillet
  1.9 mi away
• Fortunau (Ayent)
  1.9 mi away · pop. 260
• Botyre (Ayent)
  2 mi away · pop. 610
• Saxonne (Ayent)
  2 mi away · pop. 250

Browse all places in Valais →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

common columbine

Aquilegia vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-24

Thanatophilus sinuatus

Thanatophilus sinuatus

Seen 2026-09-23

Purple Meadow Bush-cricket

Metrioptera saussuriana

Seen 2026-09-23

Triangulate Combfoot

Steatoda triangulosa

Seen 2026-09-22

jimsonweed

Datura stramonium

Seen 2026-09-21

European Mantis

Mantis religiosa

Seen 2026-09-20

Northern Wheatear

Oenanthe oenanthe

Seen 2026-09-19

Scarce Swallowtail

Iphiclides podalirius

Seen 2026-09-19

Cardinal Butterfly

Argynnis pandora

Seen 2026-09-19

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).