Ernen

Ernen is a municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of in . In 2005 Ernen incorporated the formerly independent municipalities of , Mühlebach, and Steinhaus.
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  • Type: Village with 546 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Valais in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Aernen” and “Ernen VS”
  • Postal codes: 3995 and 3995
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. George Parish Church and Fiesch railway station.

Church
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Railway station
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is a metre gauge station serving the municipality of , in the Canton of , . The station forms part of the Furka Oberalp Bahn, which connects in , via Furka Base Tunnel, in , with , Uri, and , Graubünden.

Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fiesch and Mühlebach.

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is a village in the . It is the access point for the nearby villages of Fiescheralp, Fieschertal and Bellwald.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Hamlet
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is a former municipality of the canton of , , and now part of the municipality of Ernen. Prior to its incorporation within Ernen, it was one of Switzerland's smallest municipalities with a population of only 47 as of 2000.

Ernen

Latitude
46.39888° or 46° 23′ 56″ north
Longitude
8.14601° or 8° 8′ 46″ east
Population
546
Elevation
1,163 metres (3,816 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CH ERN
Open location code
8FRC94XW+HC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240042285
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2660868
Wiki­data ID
Q70347
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Ernen” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Ernen”
  • Arpitan: “Aragnon”
  • Basque: “Ernen”
  • Breton: “Ernen”
  • Catalan: “Ernen”
  • Cebuano: “Ernen”
  • Chinese: “厄嫩”
  • Czech: “Ernen”
  • Dutch: “Ernen”
  • Esperanto: “Ernen”
  • French: “Ærnen”
  • French: “Aragnon”
  • French: “Ernen”
  • French: “Mühlebach”
  • German: “Aragnon”
  • German: “Ernen”
  • Hungarian: “Ernen”
  • Irish: “Ernen”
  • Italian: “Ausserbinn”
  • Italian: “Ernen”
  • Italian: “Mühlebach”
  • Italian: “Steinhaus”
  • Lombard: “Ernen”
  • Malay: “Ernen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ernen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ernen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Ernen”
  • Piemontese: “Ernen”
  • Polish: “Ernen”
  • Portuguese: “Ernen”
  • Romansh: “Ernen”
  • Slovak: “Ernen”
  • Spanish: “Ernen”
  • Swedish: “Ernen”
  • Swiss German: “Ernen”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Ernen”
  • Turkish: “Ernen”
  • Ukrainian: “Ернен”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Ernen”
  • Venetian: “Ernen”
  • Volapük: “Ernen”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ernen”
  • Welsh: “Ernen”

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