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Chippis
Valaisvillage
Chippis
Total population
1,632
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Chippis is a municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
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History
Chippis is first mentioned in the 11th century as Sepils.
Geography
Chippis has an area, , of . Of this area, or 5.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 59.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 24.2% is settled (buildings or roads), or 3.5% is either rivers or lakes and or 8.6% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 6.6% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 10.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.5%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.5% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.5%. Out of the forested land, 57.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.0% is used for growing crops and 3.5% is pastures, while 2.0% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 3.0% is unproductive vegetation and 5.6% is too rocky for vegetation. The municipality is located in the Sierre district, on the left bank of the Rhone river.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Earthquake history
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Valais
- Corin-de-la-Crête1.7 mi away
- Noës1.7 mi away
- Chalais1.9 mi away · pop. 3,410
- Miège2.1 mi away · pop. 1,349
- Réchy2.5 mi away
- Mollens2.6 mi away · pop. 954
- Montana-Village2.7 mi away · pop. 2,363
- Chermignon-d'en-Bas2.8 mi away
- Chermignon-d'en-Haut3.2 mi away · pop. 3,092
- Crans3.9 mi away
- Flanthey4.2 mi away · pop. 193
- Daillet4.5 mi away
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
- 6235
- Population (Wikidata)
- 1,580
- Wikidata
- Q69986
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Open-Meteo (ERA5 reanalysis)
- • Wikidata
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Elevation
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771