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Agarn
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Also known as Agaru, Agarn VS

Agarn (Walliser German: Agaru) is a municipality in the district of Leukin the German-speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.district
Leuk
Swiss town.subject_name
Agarn
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Agarn COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Agarn Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton
Valais
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-VS
Swiss town.postal_code
3951
Swiss town.municipality_code
6101
Swiss town.area
7.7
Swiss town.elevation
620
Swiss town.population
757
Swiss town.populationof
2002
Swiss town.website
www.agarn.ch
Swiss town.mayor
Thomas Matter
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Chandolin, Leuk, Oberems, Saint-Luc, Turtmann, Unterems

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Agarn
Population
718
Area
7.65
Elevation
628
Official website
www.agarn.ch
Dialing code
027
Licence plate code
VS
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Commons category
Agarn
external data available at URL
geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6101
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Agarn (Walliser German: Agaru) is a municipality in the district of Leukin the German-speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

==History== thumb|Historic aerial photograph by Werner Friedli from 1955 Agarn is first mentioned in 1252 as Aert. In 1267 it was mentioned as Ayert and in the 16th century it was known as Agaren. Agarn was twice nearly totally burned down, in 1799 and 1899.

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