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Gampel
Sign in to saveGampel is a village and former municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The village of Gempel is located at the southern entrance to the Lötschental or Lötschen valley. The eastern border of the village is the Lonza river, which is also the district border and the border with the neighboring village of Steg.
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Place details
- Locality
- Steg-Hohtenn
- Region
- Valais/Wallis
- Country
- Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera/Svizra
- Population
- 1,386
- Timezone
- Europe/Zurich
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Gampel
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- former
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Atterraggio a Gampel, vista Loetschberg, 10.7.2008.jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Gampel village
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Gampel COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Gampel Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Valais
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-VS
- Swiss town.district
- Leuk
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 3945
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 6107
- Swiss town.area
- 16.9
- Swiss town.elevation
- 634
- Swiss town.population
- 1385
- Swiss town.populationof
- December 2002
- Swiss town.popofyear
- 2002
- Swiss town.website
- www.gampel.ch
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Bratsch, Erschmatt, Ferden, Niedergesteln, Steg, Turtmann
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 634
- Official website
- www.gampel.ch
- Image
- Gampel Steg VS.jpg
- Dialing code
- 027
- Licence plate code
- VS
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- postal code
- 3945
- Commons category
- Gampel
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Article
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- Demographics
- Politics
- Economy
- Religion
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Gampel is a village and former municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The village of Gempel is located at the southern entrance to the Lötschental or Lötschen valley. The eastern border of the village is the Lonza river, which is also the district border and the border with the neighboring village of Steg.
Gampel is now in the municipality of Gampel-Bratsch. It should not be confused with the municipality Gampelen in the canton of Bern.
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