Valais
Sierre District
Lens

Lens

Lens is a municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of in . Lens has about 3,990 residents and an elevation of 1,177 metres.
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  • Type: Village with 3,990 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Lens VS” and “Lens, Switzerland”
  • Postal code: 1978

Places of Interest

Highlights include Saint-Pierre church and bell tower and Fondation Opale.

Church
Photo: Chelin, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Museum
Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a museum.

House
Photo: Chelin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a house.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Flanthey and Icogne.

Village
Photo: Wraith89+, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village.

Village
Photo: Johnw, Public domain.
is a municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of in .

Village
Photo: Chkifetz27, CC BY 3.0.
is a village of the municipality of Lens in the district of Sierre in .

Lens

Latitude
46.2799° or 46° 16′ 48″ north
Longitude
7.44616° or 7° 26′ 46″ east
Population
3,990
Elevation
1,177 metres (3,862 feet)
Open location code
8FR97CHW+XF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240047562
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2659954
Wiki­data ID
Q70361
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Lens” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Lens”
  • Arpitan: “Lèin”
  • Arpitan: “Lent (Valês)”
  • Arpitan: “Lent”
  • Basque: “Lens”
  • Breton: “Lens”
  • Catalan: “Lens”
  • Cebuano: “Lens”
  • Chinese: “伦斯”
  • Chinese: “倫斯”
  • Chinese: “朗斯”
  • Czech: “Lens”
  • Dutch: “Lens”
  • Esperanto: “Lens VS”
  • French: “Lens (Valais)”
  • French: “Lens”
  • German: “Leis”
  • German: “Lens VS”
  • German: “Lens”
  • Hungarian: “Lens”
  • Irish: “Lens”
  • Italian: “Lens”
  • Lithuanian: “Lensas”
  • Lombard: “Lens”
  • Malay: “Lens, Switzerland”
  • Neapolitan: “Lens”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lens”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lens i Valais”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Lens”
  • Piemontese: “Lens”
  • Polish: “Lens (Szwajcaria)”
  • Polish: “Lens”
  • Portuguese: “Lens”
  • Romansh: “Lens”
  • Silesian: “Lens”
  • Slovak: “Lens”
  • Spanish: “Lens”
  • Swedish: “Lens, Valais”
  • Swedish: “Lens”
  • Swiss German: “Lens VS”
  • Swiss German: “Lens”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Lens VS”
  • Turkish: “Lens”
  • Ukrainian: “Ланс”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Lens”
  • Venetian: “Lens (Svisara)”
  • Venetian: “Lens”
  • Volapük: “Lens”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lens, Valais”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lens”
  • Welsh: “Lens”
  • “Lens”
  • “Lens VS”

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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 “Lens”. Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.