Bürchen
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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.
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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