Mattsand

Mattsand is a hamlet in Niklaus Hombrechtikon, Visp District, Valais and has an elevation of 1,227 metres. Mattsand is situated nearby to the locality Unri Taflüe, as well as near Unnere Tannfluh.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Herbriggen railway station and St. Niklaus VS railway station.

Herbriggen railway station

Railway station

Photo: Alexey M., CC BY-SA 4.0.

Herbriggen railway station is a railway station in the municipality of St. Niklaus, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the 1,000 mm metre gauge Brig–Zermatt line and is served by local trains only.

St. Niklaus VS railway station

Railway station

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

St. Niklaus VS railway station is a railway station in the municipality of St. Niklaus, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the 1,000 mm metre gauge Brig–Zermatt line and is served by local trains only. St. Niklaus VS railway station is situated 3½ km north of Mattsand.

Mountain guide museum

Museum

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Mountain guide museum is situated 3 km north of Mattsand.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St. Niklaus and Gasenried.

St. Niklaus

Village

Photo: Roylindman, CC BY-SA 3.0.

St. Niklaus is a village and a municipality in the Mattertal, part of the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. St. Niklaus is situated 3½ km north of Mattsand.

Gasenried

Village

Photo: Jeffrey Pang, CC BY 2.0.

Gasenried is a village, which is situated 4½ km northeast of Mattsand.

Randa

Village

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Randa is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It is located between the Weisshorn and the Dom in the Matter Valley. Randa is situated 5 km south of Mattsand.

Mattsand

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Niklaus Hombrechtikon, Visp District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.14724° or 46° 8′ 50″ north

Longitude

7.793° or 7° 47′ 35″ east

Elevation

1,227 metres (4,026 feet)

Open location code

8FR94QWV+V6

OpenStreetMap ID

node 12047160235

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

7670295

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