Furi

Furi is an alpine hamlet in the , located three kilometers south of , at an altitude of 1,687m. It is located on a relatively flat area of land between the Gornera and Zmuttbach rivers.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: Swiss ski resort
  • Also known as: “Furi, Switzerland”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Findelbach railway station and Riffelalp railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Whgler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Findelbach is a railway station on the Gornergrat railway, which links the with the summit of the . The station is situated in the , in the , at an altitude of 1,770 m above mean sea level.

Railway station
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Riffelalp is a railway station on the Gornergrat railway, a rack railway which links the with the summit of the . The station is situated west of the Gornergrat, in the and , at an altitude of 2,211 m above mean sea level.

Church
Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zum See and Zmutt.

Hamlet
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hamlet in the canton of . It is located above at a height of 1,766 metres, between the rivers Zmuttbach and Gornera, at the foot the .

Hamlet
Photo: DrTW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small village in the municipality of , , , situated at 1936 m in the Valley west of Zermatt. The village chapel is dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria, patroness of the Valais.

Hamlet
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hamlet in the municipality of in the canton of . It is located at a height of 2,222 metres above sea level, just above the tree line, approximately halfway between the town of Zermatt and the mountain.

Furi

Latitude
46.00196° or 46° 0′ 7″ north
Longitude
7.7302° or 7° 43′ 49″ east
Open location code
8FR92P2J+Q3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 459834520
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Wiki­data ID
Q1474937
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Luxembourgish—“Furi” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “福日”
  • German: “Furi”
  • Luxembourgish: “Furi”

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Localities in the Area

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