Gampel
Gampel is a former municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Gampel should not be confused with the municipality Gampelen in the canton of Bern.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,300 residents
- Description: former municipality of Switzerland in Valais
- Postal code: 3945
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gampel-Bratsch and Holy Family church.
Gampel-Bratsch
Town hall
Photo: Orphée, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gampel-Bratsch is a municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It was formed on January 1, 2009. The voters of the municipalities of Gampel and Bratsch decided to merge on January 20, 2008.
Gampel-Steg railway station
Railway station
Gampel-Steg railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Steg-Hohtenn, 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 Bratsch.
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.
Bratsch
Village
Photo: Orphée, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bratsch is a village in the municipality of Gampel-Bratsch in the district of Leuk of the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Bratsch was an independent municipality until January 1, 2009, when it merged with Gampel to form Gampel-Bratsch. Bratsch is situated 3 km west of Gampel.
Turtmann
Village
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Turtmann is a former municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The municipalities of Turtmann and Unterems merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Turtmann-Unterems. Turtmann is situated 3½ km southwest of Gampel.
Gampel
- Categories: former municipality of Switzerland and locality
- Location: Gampel-Bratsch, Leuk District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.31535° or 46° 18′ 55″ northLongitude
7.743° or 7° 44′ 35″ eastPopulation
1,300Elevation
637 metres (2,090 feet)Open location code
8FR98P8V+46OpenStreetMap ID
node 60031830OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2660672Wikidata ID
Q689575
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Volapük—“Gampel” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Гампел”
- Cebuano: “Gampel”
- Dutch: “Gampel”
- French: “Gampel”
- German: “Gampel”
- Irish: “Gampel”
- Italian: “Gampel”
- Italian: “Jeizinen”
- Lombard: “Gampel”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gampel”
- Piemontese: “Gampel”
- Portuguese: “Gampel”
- Romansh: “Gampel”
- Swedish: “Gampel”
- Turkish: “Gampel”
- Upper Sorbian: “Gampel”
- Volapük: “Gampel”
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