Blatten (Lötschen)
Blatten | |
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Location of Blatten  | |
  Blatten  Blatten | |
| Coordinates: 46°25′N 7°49′E / 46.417°N 7.817°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Valais |
| District | Raron |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Lukas Kalbermatten |
| Area | |
| • Total | 90.63 km2 (34.99 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,542 m (5,059 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
| • Total | 290 |
| • Density | 3.2/km2 (8.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 3919 |
| SFOS number | 6192 |
| Surrounded by | Baltschieder, Fieschertal, Kandersteg (BE), Lauterbrunnen (BE), Naters, Raron, Wiler (Lötschen) |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Blatten (Lötschen) is a municipality in Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
In May 2025, its village Blatten was largely destroyed; Part of the Birch (glacier) slid into the village; That destroyed many houses and much of the infrastructure of the village.[3] The event, is called the 2025 Blatten landslide or 2025 Blatten glacier collapse.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ↑ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ↑ https://www.vg.no/nyheter/i/gw975q/isbre-kollapset-og-begravde-sveitsisk-landsby. Retrieved 2025-05-29
Other websites
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Media related to Blatten (Lötschen) at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in German)
