Fiesch

Fiesch is a locality in Fiesch, Goms District, Valais and has about 1,000 residents and an elevation of 1,052 metres. Fiesch is situated nearby to the village Ernen, as well as near Lax.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fiesch railway station and Chapel of St. Augustine and 14 helpers (former monastery chapel Gnadenberg).

Fiesch railway station

Railway station

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Fiesch railway station is a metre gauge station serving the municipality of Fiesch, in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. The station forms part of the Furka Oberalp Bahn, which connects Brig in Valais, via Furka Base Tunnel, Andermatt in Uri, with Göschenen, Uri, and Disentis/Mustér, Graubünden.

Chapel of St. Augustine and 14 helpers (former monastery chapel Gnadenberg)

Church

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Chapel of St. Augustine and 14 helpers (former monastery chapel Gnadenberg) is a church.

Fiesch Feriendorf railway station

Railway stop

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Fiesch Feriendorf railway station, also known as Fiesch Sport- & Feriencenter railway station, is a railway station in the municipality of Fiesch, in the Swiss canton of Valais.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ernen and Lax.

Ernen

Village

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Ernen is a municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. In 2005 Ernen incorporated the formerly independent municipalities of Ausserbinn, Mühlebach, and Steinhaus.

Lax

Village

Photo: Berger, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lax is a municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Mühlebach

Hamlet

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Mühlebach is a hamlet.

Fiesch

Type: Locality with 1,000 residents
Postal code: 3984
Location: Fiesch, Goms District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.39981° or 46° 23′ 59″ north

Longitude

8.13533° or 8° 8′ 7″ east

Population

1,000

Elevation

1,052 metres (3,451 feet)

United Nations Location Code

CH FIE

Open location code

8FRC94XP+W4

GeoNames ID

2660781

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In Other Languages

“Fiesch” goes by many names.

Chinese: “菲施”

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