Rosswald

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

Overview

Rosswald is a car-free village in the Swiss Alps, located in the canton of Valais. It lies in the eastern part of the canton, in the Simplon region, at an altitude of 1,819 metres. The village sits on a sunny terrace overlooking the Rhone valley, above Ried-Brig. The village is accessible via a cable car from the latter town.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

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Henri Colpi

Swiss film director, screenwriter and film editor (1921-2006)

Kaspar Stockalper

Swiss merchant

Paul Schmidhalter

Swiss politician (1931-2005)

Ernest Guglielminetti

Swiss physician (1862-1943)

Viola Amherd

Swiss politician

F

Franz Steiner

Swiss politician (1924-2010)

Peter Zurbriggen

Catholic archbishop and diplomat from Switzerland (1943–2022)

C

Charly In-Albon

Swiss footballer

A

Adrian Loretan

Swiss theologian and author

Patrizia Kummer

Swiss snowboarder

J

Jeanine Cicognini

badminton player

Viktor Cathrein

Swiss writer (1845-1931)

Benjamin Weger

Swiss biathlete

C

Carlo Imboden

Swiss business consultant and business manager

R

Rachel Harnisch

Swiss soprano opera singer

H

Hans Ulrich

Swiss economist (1919-1997)

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

Nearby places in Valais

• Ebnet
  2.7 mi away
• Brig
  2.7 mi away · pop. 12,823
• Sommerseili
  3.5 mi away
• Breiten
  3.9 mi away
• Birgisch
  4.2 mi away · pop. 253
• Blatten b. Naters
  4.7 mi away
• Grengiols
  5.3 mi away · pop. 436
• Belalp
  5.7 mi away
• Martisberg
  6.3 mi away · pop. 16
• Schmidighischere
  7.9 mi away
• Gspon
  8.6 mi away
• Gondo
  8.8 mi away

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

Ladder Grasshopper

Stauroderus scalaris

Seen 2026-09-17

European Mantis

Mantis religiosa

Seen 2026-09-15

Yellow Odontites

Odontites luteus

Seen 2026-09-15

European barberry

Berberis vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-15

Great Stonecrop

Hylotelephium maximum

Seen 2026-09-15

King Bolete

Boletus edulis

Seen 2026-09-11

Shiny Mottlegill

Panaeolus semiovatus

Seen 2026-09-10

Red-winged Grasshopper

Oedipoda germanica

Seen 2026-09-08

Rattle Grasshopper

Psophus stridulus

Seen 2026-09-08

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