Ferden

Ferden is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Besides the village of Ferden itself, the municipality includes the hamlet of Goppenstein, and the alpine settlements of Faldum, Resti and Kummen.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Goppenstein railway station and Stausee Ferden.

Goppenstein railway station

Railway station

Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Goppenstein is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Valais and municipality of Ferden. The station is located on the Lötschberg line of the BLS AG, just outside the southern portal of the Lötschberg tunnel.

Stausee Ferden

Reservoir

Photo: Mo4jolo, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Stausee Ferden is a reservoir on the Lonza river at Ferden, Valais, Switzerland. Its surface area is 10.6 ha. Its construction was completed in 9 June 1976. The lake has the shortest lake retention time in the world.

Lötschberg

Mountain saddle

Photo: Walter Mittelholzer, Public domain.

The Lötschberg is an Alpine mountain massif, usually associated with a major, historically important transit axis of the Alps in Switzerland with, at its core, the Lötschen Pass. Lötschberg is situated 3½ km northwest of Ferden.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kippel and Wiler.

Kippel

Village

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Kippel is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Wiler

Village

Photo: Mo4jolo, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Wiler is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Wiler is situated 4 km northeast of Ferden.

Goppenstein

Village

Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Goppenstein is a Swiss hamlet in the canton of Valais, located in the lower Lötschental and traversed by the Lonza river. It belongs to the municipality of Ferden.

Ferden

Type: Locality with 250 residents
Also known as: “CH6195”
Location: Raron District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.3879° or 46° 23′ 17″ north

Longitude

7.7344° or 7° 44′ 4″ east

Population

250

Elevation

2,233 metres (7,326 feet)

Open location code

8FR99PQM+5Q

GeoNames ID

7285806

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