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Also known as Bürchen VS, Burchen, Buerchen

Bürchen (Walliser German: Birchu) is a municipality in the district of Raron in the German-speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Bürchen
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Bürchen COA alt.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Bürchen Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton
Valais
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-VS
Swiss town.district
Raron
Swiss town.postal_code
3935
Swiss town.municipality_code
6193
Swiss town.area
13.5
Swiss town.elevation
1360
Swiss town.population
704
Swiss town.populationof
December 2002
Swiss town.popofyear
2002
Swiss town.website
www.buerchen.ch
Swiss town.mayor
Philipp Zenhäusern
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Raron, Törbel, Unterbäch, Visp, Zeneggen

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Bürchen
Population
730
Area
13.44
Elevation
1563
Official website
gemeinde.buerchen.ch
Image
Bürchen VS.jpg
Dialing code
027
Licence plate code
VS
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Commons category
Bürchen
postal code
3935
external data available at URL
geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6193
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Bürchen (Walliser German: Birchu) is a municipality in the district of Raron in the German-speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

==History== Bürchen is first mentioned in 1307 as ze Birke. In 1363 it was mentioned as Birkonberg, in 1441 as Birchen and in 1755 as Betula.

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