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Arbaz
EntityQ68113· pop 29· linked from 13 articles

Also known as Arbaz VS, Alba, Arba

Arbaz is a municipality in the district of Sion in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Arbaz
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Arbaz COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Arbaz Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton
Valais
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-VS
Swiss town.district
Sion
Swiss town.postal_code
1974
Swiss town.municipality_code
6261
Swiss town.area
19.3
Swiss town.elevation
1146
Swiss town.population
848
Swiss town.populationof
December 2002
Swiss town.popofyear
2002
Swiss town.website
www.arbaz.ch
Swiss town.mayor
Vincent Rebstein
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Ayent, Grimisuat, Savièse

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Arbaz
Located in
Sion District
Official language
French
Population
1461
Area
19.23
Elevation
1147
Official website
www.arbaz.ch
Dialing code
027
Licence plate code
VS
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Commons category
Arbaz
postal code
1974
external data available at URL
geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6261
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Coat of arms
  • Demographics
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Religion
  • Education
  • References
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Arbaz is a municipality in the district of Sion in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

==History== thumb|Historic aerial photograph by Werner Friedli from 1955 Arbaz is first mentioned about 1185 as Alba. In 1338 it was mentioned as Arba.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arbaz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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