Grächen
Municipality in Valais, Switzerland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Grächen is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
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Grächen | |
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Coordinates: 46°10′N 7°49′E | |
Country | Switzerland |
Canton | Valais |
District | Visp |
Government | |
• Mayor | Jakob Walter |
Area | |
• Total | 14.0 km2 (5.4 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1,619 m (5,312 ft) |
Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
• Total | 1,251 |
• Density | 89/km2 (230/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
Postal code(s) | 3925 |
SFOS number | 6285 |
ISO 3166 code | CH-VS |
Surrounded by | Eisten, Embd, Sankt Niklaus, Stalden, Törbel |
Website | gemeinde-graechen SFSO statistics |
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The village is situated at an altitude of 1,620 meters (5,310 ft) on a terrace above St. Niklaus in the Mattertal, north of the Mischabel range (and Dom).