Raron
Raron is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Raron has about 1,670 residents.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Berger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 1,670 residents
- Description: municipality in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Raron VS” and “Raron, Valais”
- Postal code: 3942
Places of Interest
Highlights include Raron railway station and Viztume tower.
Raron railway station
Railway station
Photo: Litzler, Public domain.
Raron railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Raron, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the Simplon line and is served by local trains only.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hohtenn and Bürchen.
Hohtenn
Village
Hohtenn is a village and former municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Since 1 January 2009, it has been part of the municipality of Steg-Hohtenn. Hohtenn railway station, on the Lötschberg line, lies just over 1 kilometre from, and 253 metres above, the village of Hohtenn. Hohtenn is situated 3½ km west of Raron.
Bürchen
Village
Photo: Daniel Reust, CC BY 4.0.
Bürchen is a municipality in the district of Raron in the German-speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Bürchen is situated 3½ km south of Raron.
Ausserberg
Village
Photo: Vasile Cotovanu, CC BY 2.0.
Ausserberg is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Ausserberg is situated 4 km east of Raron.
Raron
- Categories: Municipality of Switzerland and locality
- Location: Raron, Raron District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.30993° or 46° 18′ 36″ northLongitude
7.79959° or 7° 47′ 59″ eastPopulation
1,670Elevation
644 metres (2,113 feet)United Nations Location Code
CH RRNOpen location code
8FR98Q5X+XROpenStreetMap ID
node 240026973OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Western Frisian—“Raron” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Raron”
- Belarusian: “Рарон”
- Breton: “Raron”
- Catalan: “Raron”
- Cebuano: “Raron”
- Chinese: “拉龙”
- Czech: “Rarogne”
- Czech: “Raron”
- Danish: “Raron”
- Dutch: “Raron”
- Esperanto: “Raron”
- Esperanto: “Rarono”
- Finnish: “Raron”
- French: “Rarogne”
- French: “Raron”
- German: “Rarogne”
- German: “Raron”
- German: “Sankt German VS”
- Hungarian: “Raron”
- Irish: “Raron”
- Italian: “Raron”
- Japanese: “ラロン”
- Korean: “라론”
- Latin: “Rarognus”
- Lombard: “Raron”
- Malay: “Raron”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Raron”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rarogne”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Raron”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Raron”
- Persian: “رارون”
- Piemontese: “Raron”
- Polish: “Raron”
- Portuguese: “Raron”
- Romansh: “Raron”
- Russian: “Рарон”
- Slovak: “Raron”
- Spanish: “Raron”
- Spanish: “Rarona”
- Spanish: “Raroña”
- Swedish: “Raron”
- Swiss German: “Raron”
- Tosk Albanian: “Raron”
- Turkish: “Raron”
- Ukrainian: “Рарон”
- Upper Sorbian: “Raron”
- Venetian: “Raron”
- Volapük: “Raron”
- Waray (Philippines): “Raron”
- Welsh: “Raron”
- Western Frisian: “Raron”
- “Raron”
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Highlights include Burgkirche and Museum auf der Burg.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Raron”. Photo: Berger, CC BY-SA 3.0.