Orsières
Orsières is a municipality in the district of Entremont in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Orsières has about 2,630 residents and an elevation of 897 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 2,630 residents
- Description: municipality in Switzerland
- Also known as: “Orsieres”, “Orsieres VS”, and “Orsières VS”
- Postal codes: 1937 and 1937
- Neighbors: Courmayeur
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saint Nicholas of Myra bell tower and church and Orsières railway station.
Orsières railway station
Railway station
Orsières railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Orsières, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is the southern terminus of the standard gauge Martigny–Orsières line of Transports de Martigny et Régions.
Artillery Fort of Champex
Museum
Photo: Picea Abies, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Artillery Fort of Champex is a museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Champex and Liddes.
Champex
Village
Photo: Bescoff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Champex is a village located in the French-speaking Swiss canton of Valais, part of the municipality of Orsières. The village lies at 1,470 metres on the shore of Lac de Champex, at the foot of the Mont Blanc Massif.
Liddes
Village
Liddes is a municipality in the district of Entremont in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Liddes is situated 5 km southeast of Orsières.
Luder House
Locality
Photo: Vaquins, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Luder House is a locality, which is situated 5 km north of Orsières.
Orsières
- Categories: Municipality of Switzerland and locality
- Location: Orsières, Entremont District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.03007° or 46° 1′ 48″ northLongitude
7.14536° or 7° 8′ 43″ eastPopulation
2,630Elevation
897 metres (2,943 feet)Open location code
8FR924JW+24OpenStreetMap ID
node 240075836OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2659281Wikidata ID
Q70206
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Orsières” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Orsières”
- Arpitan: “Orsêres”
- Basque: “Orsières”
- Breton: “Orsières”
- Catalan: “Orsières”
- Cebuano: “Orsières (munisipyo)”
- Cebuano: “Orsières”
- Chinese: “奥西耶尔”
- Chinese: “奧西耶爾”
- Czech: “Orsières”
- Dutch: “Orsieres”
- Dutch: “Orsières”
- Esperanto: “Orsières”
- French: “Orsieres”
- French: “Orsières”
- French: “Praz-de-fort”
- German: “Commeire”
- German: “Orsieres”
- German: “Orsières”
- German: “Prassurny”
- German: “Reppaz”
- German: “Som la Proz”
- Hungarian: “Orsières”
- Irish: “Orsières”
- Italian: “Champex-Lac”
- Italian: “Orsières”
- Japanese: “オルシエール”
- Kurdish: “Orsières”
- Latin: “Ursiores”
- Lombard: “Orsières”
- Malay: “Orsières”
- Neapolitan: “Orsières”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Orsières”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Orsières”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Orsières”
- Persian: “اورسیر”
- Polish: “Orsières”
- Portuguese: “Orsières”
- Romansh: “Orsières”
- Spanish: “Comuna de Orsieres”
- Spanish: “Comuna de Orsières”
- Spanish: “Orsieres”
- Spanish: “Orsières”
- Swedish: “Orsières”
- Swiss German: “Orsières”
- Tosk Albanian: “Orsières”
- Turkish: “Orsières”
- Ukrainian: “Орсьєр”
- Upper Sorbian: “Orsières”
- Venetian: “Orsières”
- Volapük: “Orsières”
- Waray (Philippines): “Orsières”
- Welsh: “Orsières”
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