Randa
Randa is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It is located between the Weisshorn and the Dom in the Matter Valley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 461 residents
- Description: municipality in the canton of Valais in Switzerland
- Also known as: “Randa VS” and “Randa, Switzerland”
- Postal code: 3928
Places of Interest
Highlights include Randa railway station and St. Sebastian church.
Randa railway station
Railway station
Photo: Gürbetaler, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Randa railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Randa, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the 1,000 mm metre gauge Brig–Zermatt line and is served by local trains only.
Charles Kuonen Suspension Bridge
Photo: Theo lauber, CC BY-SA 4.0.
At the time of its opening in July 2017, the Charles Kuonen Suspension Bridge was the longest pedestrian suspension bridge in the world. It is located in Randa, Switzerland and replaced the defunct Europabrücke, which had been damaged by a rock slide.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Täsch and St. Niklaus.
Täsch
Village
St. Niklaus
Village
Photo: Roylindman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Niklaus is a village and a municipality in the Mattertal, part of the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. St. Niklaus is situated 9 km north of Randa.
Zermatt
Photo: Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble, CC BY 2.0.
Zermatt is one of the most famous mountain resorts in Switzerland, and attracts people from around the world. Located in the German-speaking part of Valais, its most popular sight is the iconic Matterhorn, one of Switzerland's most famous mountains.
Randa
- Categories: Municipality of Switzerland and locality
- Location: Randa, Visp District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.10028° or 46° 6′ 1″ northLongitude
7.78241° or 7° 46′ 57″ eastPopulation
461Elevation
1,410 metres (4,626 feet)Open location code
8FR94Q2J+4XOpenStreetMap ID
node 240125755OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2659107Wikidata ID
Q67720
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Randa” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Randa”
- Arabic: “راندة (سويسرا)”
- Arabic: “راندة”
- Arpitan: “Randa”
- Breton: “Randa”
- Catalan: “Randa”
- Cebuano: “Randa (munisipyo)”
- Cebuano: “Randa”
- Chinese: “兰达”
- Chinese: “蘭達”
- Czech: “Randa”
- Dutch: “Randa”
- Esperanto: “Attermänze”
- Esperanto: “Lerch”
- Esperanto: “Randa”
- Esperanto: “Wildi”
- Finnish: “Randa”
- French: “Randa”
- German: “Randa VS”
- German: “Randa”
- Hungarian: “Randa”
- Irish: “Randa”
- Italian: “Randa”
- Japanese: “ランダ”
- Korean: “란다”
- Lombard: “Randa”
- Malay: “Randa, Switzerland”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Randa i Sveits”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Randa”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Randa”
- Piemontese: “Randa”
- Polish: “Randa”
- Portuguese: “Randa”
- Romansh: “Randa”
- Slovak: “Randa”
- Spanish: “Randa”
- Swedish: “Randa, Valais”
- Swedish: “Randa”
- Swiss German: “Randa VS”
- Swiss German: “Randa”
- Tosk Albanian: “Randa VS”
- Turkish: “Randa”
- Ukrainian: “Ранда”
- Upper Sorbian: “Randa”
- Venetian: “Randa (Svisara)”
- Venetian: “Randa”
- Volapük: “Randa”
- Waray (Philippines): “Randa, Swiza”
- Waray (Philippines): “Randa”
- Welsh: “Randa”
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