Bitsch
Bitsch is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Bitsch has an elevation of 1,241 metres.Places of Interest
Highlights include Bitsch railway station and Brig railway station.
Bitsch railway station
Railway station
Bitsch railway station is a station in the municipality of Bitsch, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate and request stop on the 1,000 mm metre gauge Furka Oberalp line of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn, served by local trains only.
Brig railway station
Railway station
Brig railway station is an important railway junction in the municipality of Brig-Glis, in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. Opened in 1878, it is adjacent to the northern portal of the Simplon Tunnel and is served by two standard gauge lines.
Riederhorn
Peak
The Riederhorn is a mountain overlooking Riederalp in the canton of Valais. It lies near the western end of the chain south of the Aletsch Glacier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Riederalp-Bettmeralp and Brig.
Riederalp-Bettmeralp
Riederalp and Bettmeralp are two car-free villages in the German-speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland. They are a few kilometres from each other at 1,900 metres.Brig
Brig, officially Brig-Glis, is a municipality of 13,000 people in Valais in Switzerland. The municipality is made up of two neighbouring towns, Brig and Glis, with a third independent town Naters across the Rhone river to the north.Naters
Village
Naters is a municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Birgisch and Mund merged into the municipality of Naters, which also includes the villages of Hegdorn, Geimen, Mehlbaum, Rischinen and Blatten bei Naters.
Bitsch
- Type: Locality with 1,000 residents
- Also known as: “CH6173”
- Location: Raron District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.3447° or 46° 20′ 41″ north
Longitude
8.0095° or 8° 0′ 34″ east
Population
1,000
Elevation
1,241 metres (4,072 feet)
Open location code
8FRC82V5+VR
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