Kippel
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| Coordinates: 46°23′N 7°46′E / 46.383°N 7.767°ECoordinates: 46°23′N 7°46′E / 46.383°N 7.767°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Valais | |
| District | Raron | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Bernhard Rieder | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 11.66 km2 (4.50 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 1,376 m (4,514 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2015) | ||
| • Total | 353 | |
| • Density | 30/km2 (78/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 3917 | |
| SFOS number | 6197 | |
| Surrounded by | Ferden, Kandersteg (BE), Niedergesteln, Wiler (Lötschen) | |
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Kippel is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Kippel is first mentioned in 1437 as kypil.
Kippel has an area, as of 2009[update], of 11.7 square kilometers (4.5 sq mi). Of this area, 2.73 km2 (1.05 sq mi) or 23.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.12 km2 (1.59 sq mi) or 35.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.2 km2 (0.077 sq mi) or 1.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.09 km2 (22 acres) or 0.8% is either rivers or lakes and 4.53 km2 (1.75 sq mi) or 38.9% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.4%. Out of the forested land, 30.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 5.8% is pastures and 17.6% is used for alpine pastures. Of the water in the municipality, 0.3% is in lakes and 0.4% is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 13.9% is unproductive vegetation, 23.8% is too rocky for vegetation and 1.2% of the land is covered by glaciers.
The municipality is located in the Westlich Raron district, in the upper Lötschental valley. It is the largest of the villages of the Lötschental valley.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Saltire couped Argent between two Mullets of Five Or.
Kippel has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 353. As of 2008[update], 2.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010 ) the population has changed at a rate of -2.4%. It has changed at a rate of -9.2% due to migration and at a rate of -0.5% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (365 or 99.2%) as their first language with the rest speaking French
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