Ausserberg

Ausserberg village

Coat of arms

Ausserberg

Location of Ausserberg

Coordinates: 46°19′N 7°51′E / 46.317°N 7.850°ECoordinates: 46°19′N 7°51′E / 46.317°N 7.850°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Christoph Meichtry

Area

• Total

14.9 km² (5.8 sq mi)

Elevation

1,008 m (3,307 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

628

• Density

42/km² (110/sq mi)

Postal code

3938

SFOS number

6191

Surrounded by

Baltschieder, Eggerberg, Raron

Website

www.ausserberg.ch
SFSO statistics

Ausserberg is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Ausserberg is first mentioned in 1378 as Leucrun. In 1401 it was mentioned as mons episcopi and in 1523 it was mons exterior.

Ausserberg has an area, as of 2011^[update], of 14.9 square kilometers (5.8 sq mi). Of this area, 23.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 45.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and 28.7% is unproductive land.

The municipality is located in the Westlich Raron district, on the northern slope of the Rhone valley between the Baltschiederbach and the Bietschhorn mountain. It consists of a number of scattered settlements with the central village of Trogdorf at an elevation of 1,008 m (3,307 ft).

The proposed merger of the municipalities of Eggerberg, Ausserberg, Bürchen, Baltschieder, Visp and Visperterminen was rejected by the residents.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, on Coupeaux of Five Vert issuant from a Mullet of Five Argent and surrounded by four other, a Cross pattee Or from which issuing an Eagle displayed bicephalous Sable beaked of the third and langued Gules.

Ausserberg has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 628. As of 2008^[update], 5.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010 ) the population has changed at a rate of 0.3%. It has changed at a rate of 1.4% due to migration and at a rate of -1.1% due to births and deaths.

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