What is the population of Fieschertal, Valais?

Fieschertal has a population of approximately 319 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Fieschertal, Valais located?

Fieschertal is located in Valais, Switzerland, at approximate coordinates 46.4246°, 8.1428°.

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Fieschertal

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Fieschertal

Total population

319

Elevation1108 m

Land area172.86 km²

Coordinates46.42°, 8.14°

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City facts

Elevation

1108 m

Area

172.86 km²

Official website

www.fieschertal.ch

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Overview

Fieschertal is a village and municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Besides the village of Fieschertal, the municipality includes the nearby hamlets of Wichul, Zer Flie, and Wirbul.

History & geography

History

Fieschertal is first mentioned in 1351 as vallis de Vies.

Geography

The village of Fieschertal is located in the valley of the Wysswasser, a tributary of the Rhone that drains the Fiescher glacier. In addition to the village, the municipality includes a number of nearby hamlets, including Wichul, Zer Flie, and Wirbul. However, most of the municipality's area comprises sparsely inhabited high mountain landscape and is heavily glaciated, including most of the Aletsch glacier and its tributary glaciers, together with the whole of the Fiescher glacier. The mountains of the Jungfrau, Mönch, Fiescherhorn, Agassizhorn, Finsteraarhorn, Oberaarhorn, Wasenhorn, Grunhorn, Wannenhorn, Eggishorn, Aletschhorn, Mittaghorn, and Gletscherhorn are all either within or on the boundary of the municipality, as is the Märjelen lake. The Jungfraujoch, with the Top of Europe tourist attraction, lies just inside the northern boundary of the municipality, but access is exclusively from communities to the north. Fieschertal has an area, , of . Of this area, 3.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.1% is settled (buildings or roads), and 94.7% is unproductive land.

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