Fiesch

Summary

Fiesch is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Fiesch ranks in the top 5% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (28 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Fiesch was a member of SGV-ACS^[3].
• Fiesch is located in Goms District^[4].
• Fiesch is located in Canton of Valais^[5].
• Fiesch is in the country of Switzerland^[6].
• Fiesch is on the body of water Rhône^[7].
• Fiesch's image is recorded as Luftbild Fiesch.jpg^[8].
• Fiesch's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[9].
• Fiesch's shares border with is recorded as Bellwald^[10].
• Fiesch's shares border with is recorded as Ernen^[11].
• Fiesch's shares border with is recorded as Fieschertal^[12].
• Fiesch's shares border with is recorded as Lax^[13].
• Fiesch's coat of arms image is recorded as CHE Fiesch COA.svg^[14].
• Fiesch's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 240820830^[15].
• Fiesch's GND ID is recorded as 4092191-8^[16].
• Fiesch's locator map image is recorded as Karte Gemeinde Fiesch.png^[17].
• Fiesch's postal code is recorded as 3984^[18].
• Fiesch's Commons category is recorded as Fiesch^[19].
• Fiesch's licence plate code is recorded as VS^[20].
• Fiesch's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1685305^[21].
• Fiesch's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[22].
• Fiesch's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[23].
• Fiesch's local dialing code is recorded as 027^[24].
• Fiesch's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.4, 'lon': 8.1333333333333}^[25].
• Fiesch's sport is recorded as alpine skiing^[26].
• Fiesch's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h38gr^[27].

Body

Geography

Fiesch is in the country of Switzerland^[6]. Located in include Goms District^[4], a district of the canton of Valais^[28], in Switzerland^[29] and Canton of Valais^[5], a canton of Switzerland^[30], in Switzerland^[31], founded in 1815^[32]. Fiesch is on the body of water Rhône^[7].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+11.26'}^[33] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+11.04'}^[34]. Fiesch's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1049'}^[35]. Population counts include {'amount': '+918'}^[36], {'amount': '+921'}^[37], {'amount': '+467'}^[38], {'amount': '+517'}^[39], and {'amount': '+996'}^[40].

Designation and Status

Fiesch's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[9].

Why It Matters

Fiesch ranks in the top 5% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (28 views/month).^[2] Fiesch has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41]