Grächen
Grächen | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Grächen | |
Grächen Grächen | |
| Coordinates: 46°10′N 7°49′E / 46.167°N 7.817°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Valais |
| District | Visp |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jakob Walter |
| Area | |
• Total | 14.29 km2 (5.52 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,619 m (5,312 ft) |
| Population (December 2002) | |
• Total | 1,367 |
| • Density | 95.66/km2 (247.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 3925 |
| SFOS number | 6285 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-VS |
| Surrounded by | Eisten, Embd, Sankt Niklaus, Stalden, Törbel |
| Website | gemeinde-graechen.ch |
Grächen is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
The village is situated at an altitude of 1,620 meters (5,310 ft) on a terrace above St. Niklaus in the Mattertal, north of the Mischabel range (and Dom).