Biel

Biel is a house in Bettmeralp, Raron District, Valais and has an elevation of 1,344 metres. Biel is situated nearby to the village Betten, as well as near Bister.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chapel Our Lady of the Snows and Bettmersee.

Chapel Our Lady of the Snows

Church

Photo: Nol Aders, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Chapel Our Lady of the Snows is a church, which is situated 1¼ km north of Biel.

Bettmersee

Lake

Photo: Mrichi, CC BY 2.5.

Bettmersee is a lake above Bettmeralp in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. Its surface area of 5.5 hectares is located at an elevation of 2,006 metres.

Bettmeralp Talstation railway station

Railway stop

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Bettmeralp Talstation railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Grengiols, in the Swiss 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. Bettmeralp Talstation railway station is situated 1¼ km southeast of Biel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Betten and Riederalp-Bettmeralp.

Betten

Village

Photo: Berger, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Betten is a former municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Betten and Martisberg merged into the new municipality of Bettmeralp.

Riederalp-Bettmeralp

Photo: Nol Aders, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Riederalp and Bettmeralp are two car-free villages in the German-speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland. They are a few kilometres from each other at 1,900 metres.

Bister

Village

Photo: Gestumblindi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

Biel

Type: House
Categories: residential building and building
Location: Bettmeralp, Raron District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.37721° or 46° 22′ 38″ north

Longitude

8.06356° or 8° 3′ 49″ east

Elevation

1,344 metres (4,409 feet)

Open location code

8FRC93G7+VC

GeoNames ID

11215837

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German: “Biel”

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