Orsières

Summary

Orsières is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Orsières ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month).^[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 image is recorded as Orsieres-Village.jpg^[8].
• Orsières's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[9].
• Orsières's official language is recorded as French^[10].
• Orsières's shares border with is recorded as Courmayeur^[11].
• Orsières's shares border with is recorded as Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses^[12].
• Orsières's coat of arms image is recorded as CHE Orsières COA.svg^[13].
• Orsières's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 248168697^[14].
• Orsières's GND ID is recorded as 4243216-9^[15].
• Orsières's locator map image is recorded as Karte Gemeinde Orsières 2007.png^[16].
• Orsières's postal code is recorded as 1937^[17].
• Orsières's Commons category is recorded as Orsières^[18].
• Orsières's licence plate code is recorded as VS^[19].
• Orsières's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1685351^[20].
• Orsières's local dialing code is recorded as 027^[21].
• Orsières's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.033333333333, 'lon': 7.15}^[22].
• Orsières's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 45.97225, 'lon': 7.10159}^[23].
• Orsières's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h10yd^[24].
• Orsières's Swiss municipality code is recorded as 6034^[25].
• Orsières's official website is recorded as https://www.orsieres.ch^[26].
• Orsières's HDS ID is recorded as 002678^[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'}^[37] and {'amount': '+3183'}^[38].

Designation and Status

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

Why It Matters

Orsières ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month).^[2] Orsières has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] Orsières is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]