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Betten

village and former municipality in Bettmeralp in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
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Summary

Betten is a former municipality of Switzerland[1]. Betten ranks in the top 9% of former municipality of switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (65 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Bettmeralp[3]
  • Country: Switzerland[4]
  • Instance of: Ortsteil[5], Ortschaft[6]
  • Shares border with: Fieschertal[7], Lax[8], Martisberg[9], Grengiols[10], Riederalp[11], Naters[12]
  • Postal code: 3991[13]
  • Commons category: Betten[14]
  • Licence plate code: VS[15]
  • Local dialing code: 027[16]
  • Official website: http://gemeinde.bettmeralp.ch[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Betten[18]
  • Replaced by: Bettmeralp[19]
  • Official name: Betten[20]
  • Elevation above sea level: 1203 m[21], 1192 m[22]
  • Area: 26.4 km²[23]

Why It Matters

Betten has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Betten is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

Switzerland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Historicized municipal directory of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Q141593662. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'ceb', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fr', 'gl', 'it', 'lmo', 'ms', 'nl',
    Official name → {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Betten'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||mul */ default label, official name from swisstopo data ([[Wikidata:Requests for permissions/Bot/OKA bot|swisstopo task]])"
  2. 10w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → A61176
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: A61176, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/263620|batch #263620]]"
  3. 23w ago · Jonas Waeber · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 46.366666666667, 'lon': 8.0666666666667}
    Aliases → —
    Coordinates → —
    Shares border with → Fieschertal, Lax, Martisberg +3
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: Ortschaft"
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