Orsières

Summary

Orsières is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Orsières has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Orsières was a member of SGV-ACS^[3].
• Orsières is located in Entremont District^[4].
• Orsières is in the country of Switzerland^[5].
• Orsières is on the body of water Dranse d'Entremont^[6].
• Orsières is on the body of water Dranse de Ferret^[7].
• Orsières's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[8].
• Orsières's official language is recorded as French^[9].
• Orsières's shares border with is recorded as Courmayeur^[10].
• Orsières's shares border with is recorded as Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses^[11].
• Orsières's postal code is recorded as 1937^[12].
• Orsières's Commons category is recorded as Orsières^[13].
• Orsières's licence plate code is recorded as VS^[14].
• Orsières's local dialing code is recorded as 027^[15].
• Orsières's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.033333333333, 'lon': 7.15}^[16].
• Orsières's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 45.97225, 'lon': 7.10159}^[17].
• Orsières's official website is recorded as https://www.orsieres.ch^[18].
• Orsières's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Orsières^[19].
• Orsières has a population of {'amount': '+3190'}^[20].
• Orsières has a population of {'amount': '+3183'}^[21].
• Orsières's external data available at URL is recorded as https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6034^[22].
• Orsières's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Orsières'}^[23].
• Orsières's list of monuments is recorded as list of cultural properties in Orsières^[24].
• Orsières's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Orsières, Switzerland^[25].
• Orsières's category for people who died here is recorded as Category:Deaths in Orsières, Switzerland^[26].
• Orsières's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Orsières, Switzerland^[27].

Body

Geography

Orsières is in the country of Switzerland^[5]. Orsières is located in Entremont District^[4]. Adjacent water bodies include Dranse d'Entremont^[6], a watercourse^[28], in Switzerland^[29] and Dranse de Ferret^[7], a river^[30], in Switzerland^[31].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+165.0'}^[32] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+164.93'}^[33]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+887'}^[34], {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+897'}^[35], and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1897'}^[36]. Population counts include {'amount': '+3190'}^[20] and {'amount': '+3183'}^[21].

Designation and Status

Orsières's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[8].

Why It Matters

Orsières has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Orsières is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]