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Wiler

Wiler (Lötschen)
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Coat of arms of Wiler (Lötschen)
Coat of arms
Wiler (Lötschen) is located in Switzerland
Wiler (Lötschen)
Wiler (Lötschen)
Coordinates: 46°23′N 7°46′E / 46.383°N 7.767°E / 46.383; 7.767Coordinates: 46°23′N 7°46′E / 46.383°N 7.767°E / 46.383; 7.767
Country Switzerland
Canton Valais
District Raron
Area
 • Total 14.66 km2 (5.66 sq mi)
Elevation 1,421 m (4,662 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
 • Total 576
 • Density 39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Postal code 3918
SFOS number 6202
Surrounded by Blatten (Lötschen), Kandersteg (BE), Kippel, Niedergesteln, Raron
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Wiler (Lötschen) is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Wiler has an area, as of 2009, of 14.7 square kilometers (5.7 sq mi). Of this area, 2.83 km2 (1.09 sq mi) or 19.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.4 km2 (1.3 sq mi) or 23.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.37 km2 (0.14 sq mi) or 2.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.14 km2 (35 acres) or 1.0% is either rivers or lakes and 7.95 km2 (3.07 sq mi) or 54.2% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.9%. Out of the forested land, 19.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0% is used for growing crops, 5.2% is pastures and 14.1% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 13.6% is unproductive vegetation, 36.5% is too rocky for vegetation and 4.2% of the land is covered by glaciers.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, four Cynorrhodon Flowers Gules conjoined Or surrounded by a Garland and in base Coupeaux Vert.

Wiler has a population (as of December 2015) of 576. As of 2008, 5.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010 ) the population has changed at a rate of 9.3%. It has changed at a rate of 2% due to migration and at a rate of 8.3% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (479 or 98.2%) as their first language, Serbo-Croatian is the second most common (4 or 0.8%) and Danish is the third (3 or 0.6%).


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