Bratsch
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 464 residents
- Description: village in the canton of Valais in Switzerland
- Postal code: 3957
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gampel-Bratsch and Turtmann railway station.
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-Bratsch is situated 2½ km east of Bratsch.
Turtmann railway station
Railway stop
Photo: MHM55, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Turtmann railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Turtmann-Unterems, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the Simplon line and is served by local trains only.
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. Gampel-Steg railway station is situated 3½ km southeast of Bratsch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Erschmatt and Turtmann.
Erschmatt
Village
Photo: Orphée, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Erschmatt is a former municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipality of Erschmatt merged into the municipality of Leuk.
Turtmann
Village
Photo: FkMohr, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
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.
Gampel
Village
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gampel is a village and former municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The village of Gempel is located at the southern entrance to the Lötschental or Lötschen valley. Gampel is situated 3 km east of Bratsch.
Bratsch
- Categories: former municipality of Switzerland and locality
- Location: Gampel-Bratsch, Leuk District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.32065° or 46° 19′ 14″ northLongitude
7.70727° or 7° 42′ 26″ eastPopulation
464Elevation
1,107 metres (3,632 feet)Open location code
8FR98PC4+7WOpenStreetMap ID
node 240045324OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2661420Wikidata ID
Q281137
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Volapük—“Bratsch” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Брацч”
- Cebuano: “Bratsch”
- Dutch: “Bratsch”
- French: “Bratsch”
- German: “Bratsch VS”
- Irish: “Bratsch”
- Italian: “Bratsch”
- Piemontese: “Bratsch”
- Portuguese: “Bratsch”
- Romansh: “Bratsch”
- Swedish: “Bratsch”
- Tosk Albanian: “Bratsch VS”
- Turkish: “Bratsch”
- Upper Sorbian: “Bratsch”
- Volapük: “Bratsch”
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