Blatten

Blatten is a and municipality in the in the canton of , Switzerland, which was almost entirely destroyed by a cataclysmic landslide caused by a glacier collapse on 28 May 2025.
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  • Type: Locality with 292 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Valais in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Blatten (Lötschen)”, “Blatten i Vest-Raron”, “Blatten VS”, and “CH6192”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights: Breithorn and Guggisee.

Peak
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a mountain of the , located east of Blatten in the canton of . is situated 3½ km southeast of Blatten.

Pond
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is a mountain lake in the in the in .

Peak
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The is a mountain of the … is situated 4 km north of Blatten.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eisten and Blatten.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km southwest of Blatten.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 4½ km southwest of Blatten.

Locality
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is a locality.

Blatten

Latitude
46.4447° or 46° 26′ 41″ north
Longitude
7.8646° or 7° 51′ 53″ east
Population
292
Elevation
2,034 metres (6,673 feet)
Open location code
8FR9CVV7+VR
Geo­Names ID
7285266
Wiki­data ID
Q67496
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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”
  • French: “Blatten”
  • Galician: “Blatten”
  • German: “Blatten”
  • Greek: “Μπλάτεν”
  • Hungarian: “Blatten”
  • Irish: “Blatten”
  • 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”
  • 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”
  • Turkish: “Blatten”
  • Ukrainian: “Блаттен”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Blatten”
  • Venetian: “Blatten”
  • Volapük: “Blatten”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Blatten”
  • Welsh: “Blatten”
  • “Blatten”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Guggistafel and Fafleralp.

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