Switzerland
Valais
Raron District

Bürchen

Bürchen is a municipality in the district of in the German-speaking part of the canton of in .
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  • Type: Village with 767 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Buerchen”, “Burchen”, “Bürchen VS”, and “CH6193”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Medieval castle ruins stone house and the ruins of a Zwingherren castle and Raron railway station.

Castle
Photo: Amagra lacroix, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Railway station
Photo: Litzler, Public domain.
is a railway station in the municipality of , in the canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the Simplon line and is served by local trains only.

Aerodrome
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an aerodrome.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Visp and Raron.

Photo: Fabienp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a German-speaking town in the canton of . It is located in the Rhone valley and is a major industrial centre in the region. Its location at the intersection of three train lines and a big bus interchange make it a gateway to many of the towns and resorts in the upper part of the Valais.

Village
Photo: Berger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality in the district of in the canton of in . is situated 3½ km north of Bürchen.

Village
Photo: Albins, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of in . is situated 5 km northeast of Bürchen.

Bürchen

Latitude
46.2806° or 46° 16′ 50″ north
Longitude
7.8163° or 7° 48′ 59″ east
Population
767
Elevation
1,563 metres (5,128 feet)
Open location code
8FR97RJ8+6G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240082715
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7285385
Wiki­data ID
Q70712
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Waray—“Bürchen” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Bürchen”
  • Basque: “Bürchen”
  • Breton: “Bürchen”
  • Catalan: “Bürchen”
  • Cebuano: “Bürchen (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Bürchen”
  • Chinese: “比尔兴”
  • Chinese: “比爾興”
  • Czech: “Bürchen”
  • Dutch: “Buerchen”
  • Dutch: “Burchen”
  • Dutch: “Bürchen”
  • Esperanto: “Bürchen”
  • Finnish: “Bürchen”
  • French: “Bürchen VS”
  • French: “Burchen”
  • French: “Bürchen”
  • Galician: “Bürchen”
  • German: “Bürchen VS”
  • German: “Bürchen”
  • Hungarian: “Bürchen”
  • Irish: “Bürchen”
  • Italian: “Bürchen”
  • Latin: “Betula”
  • Lombard: “Bürchen”
  • Malay: “Bürchen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bürchen VS”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bürchen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Bürchen”
  • Piemontese: “Bürchen”
  • Polish: “Bürchen (Szwajcaria)”
  • Polish: “Bürchen”
  • Portuguese: “Bürchen”
  • Romansh: “Bürchen”
  • Spanish: “Burchen”
  • Spanish: “Bürchen”
  • Swedish: “Bürchen”
  • Swiss German: “Bürchen VS”
  • Swiss German: “Bürchen”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Bürchen VS”
  • Turkish: “Bürchen”
  • Ukrainian: “Б’юрхен”
  • Ukrainian: “Бюрхен”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Bürchen”
  • Venetian: “Bürchen”
  • Volapük: “Bürchen”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bürchen”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bürchen”. Photo: Daniel Reust, CC BY 4.0.