Blatten
Blatten is a village and municipality in the Lötschental in the canton of Valais, Switzerland, which was almost entirely destroyed by a cataclysmic landslide on 28 May 2025.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 292 residents
- Description: municipality in the canton of Valais in Switzerland
- Also known as: “Blatten (Lötschen)”, “Blatten VS”, and “CH6192”
- Neighbors: Kandersteg and Lauterbrunnen
Places of Interest
Highlights include Breithorn and Guggisee.
Breithorn
Peak
The Breithorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located east of Blatten in the canton of Valais. It lies between the Bietschhorn and the Schinhorn, on the range separating the Lötschental from the main Rhone valley. Breithorn is situated 3½ km southeast of Blatten.
Guggisee
Pond
Photo: MRB, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Guggisee is a mountain lake in the Lötschental in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The lake is located at an altitude of 2,007 m near the Alp Guggistafel.
Breithorn
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Breithorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais. It is part of the border between Lauterbrunnental and the Lötschental. Breithorn is situated 4 km north of Blatten.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eisten and Blatten.
Eisten
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Eisten is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km southwest of Blatten.
Blatten
Village
Photo: Mo4jolo, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Blatten is a village, which is situated 4½ km southwest of Blatten.
Blatten
- Category: Municipality of Switzerland
- Location: Raron District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Blatten” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Blatten”
- Basque: “Blatten”
- Breton: “Blatten”
- Catalan: “Blatten”
- Cebuano: “Blatten”
- Chinese: “布拉滕”
- Croatian: “Blatten”
- Czech: “Blatten”
- Dutch: “Blatten”
- Esperanto: “Blatten (Lötschen)”
- Esperanto: “Blatten VS”
- Esperanto: “Blatten”
- French: “Blatten (Lötschen)”
- French: “Blatten VS”
- French: “Blatten”
- Galician: “Blatten”
- German: “Blatten (Lötschen)”
- German: “Blatten VS”
- German: “Blatten”
- Greek: “Μπλάτεν”
- Hungarian: “Blatten”
- Irish: “Blatten”
- Italian: “Blatten (Lötschen)”
- Italian: “Blatten VS”
- Italian: “Blatten”
- Japanese: “ブラッテン (レッチェン)”
- Lombard: “Blatten”
- Luxembourgish: “Blatten”
- Malay: “Blatten”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Blatten”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Blatten i Vest-Raron”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Blatten”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Blatten”
- Persian: “بلاتن”
- Piemontese: “Blatten”
- Polish: “Blatten”
- Portuguese: “Blatten”
- Romanian: “Blatten”
- Romansh: “Blatten”
- Russian: “Блаттен”
- Slovak: “Blatten”
- Spanish: “Blatten”
- Swedish: “Blatten”
- Swiss German: “Blatten”
- Tamil: “பிளாட்டன்”
- Thai: “บลัทเทิน (เลิทเชิน)”
- Thai: “บลัทเทิน”
- Tosk Albanian: “Blatten”
- Turkish: “Blatten”
- Ukrainian: “Блаттен”
- Upper Sorbian: “Blatten”
- Venetian: “Blatten”
- Volapük: “Blatten”
- Waray (Philippines): “Blatten”
- Welsh: “Blatten”
- “Blatten”
- “Blatten (Lötschen)”
- “Blatten VS”
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