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Bister

Bister

Bister is a municipality in the district of in the canton of in . Bister has about 31 residents and an elevation of 1,057 metres.
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  • Type: Village with 31 residents
  • Description: municipality in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Bister VS” and “Bister, Switzerland”
  • Postal code: 3983

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mörel railway station and Bettmeralp Talstation railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a railway station in the municipality of , in the canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the 1,000 mm gauge Furka Oberalp line of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn and is served by local trains only.

Railway stop
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a railway station in the municipality of , in the canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the 1,000 mm metre gauge Furka Oberalp line of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn and is served by local trains only.

Church
Photo: Max van Berchem, Public domain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Filet and Betten.

Village
Photo: Andreasdz, Public domain.
is a former municipality in the district of in the canton of in . In 2009 merged with into the municipality of .

Village
Photo: Berger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a former municipality in the district of in the canton of in . On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of and merged into the new municipality of .

Village
Photo: Andreasdz, Public domain.
is a former municipality in in the canton of in . In 2009 merged with into the municipality of .

Bister

Latitude
46.36204° or 46° 21′ 43″ north
Longitude
8.06682° or 8° 4′ 1″ east
Population
31
Elevation
1,057 metres (3,468 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CH BIS
Open location code
8FRC9368+RP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240069269
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
8533570
Wiki­data ID
Q70351
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Bister” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Bister”
  • Basque: “Bister”
  • Breton: “Bister”
  • Bulgarian: “Бистер”
  • Catalan: “Bister”
  • Cebuano: “Bister”
  • Chinese: “比斯特”
  • Czech: “Bister VS”
  • Czech: “Bister”
  • Dutch: “Bister”
  • Esperanto: “Bister”
  • French: “Bister”
  • Galician: “Bister”
  • German: “Bister VS”
  • Hungarian: “Bister”
  • Irish: “Bister”
  • Italian: “Bister”
  • Japanese: “ビスター”
  • Lombard: “Bister”
  • Malay: “Bister, Switzerland”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bister i Sveits”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bister VS”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bister”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Bister”
  • Piemontese: “Bister”
  • Polish: “Bister”
  • Portuguese: “Bister”
  • Romansh: “Bister”
  • Spanish: “Bister”
  • Swedish: “Bister”
  • Swiss German: “Bister VS”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Bister VS”
  • Turkish: “Bister”
  • Ukrainian: “Бістер”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Bister”
  • Venetian: “Bister”
  • Vietnamese: “Bister”
  • Volapük: “Bister”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bister, Swiza”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bister”
  • Welsh: “Bister”

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