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Orsières
Orsières
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Orsières
	Orsières Orsières
	Coordinates: 46°2′N 7°9′E / 46.033°N 7.150°E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Valais
District	Entremont
Government
• Mayor	Jean-François Thétaz
Area
• Total	165.0 km2 (63.7 sq mi)
Elevation	887 m (2,910 ft)
Population (31 December 2018)
• Total	3,183
• Density	19/km2 (50/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	1937
SFOS number	6034
Localities	Branche, Chamoille, Champex-Lac, Chez-les-Addy-Maligue, Chez-les-Giroud, Chez-les-Reuses, Commeire, Issert, La Douay, La Fouly, La Rosière, Le Biolley, Les Archales, Orsières, Prassurny, Prayon, Praz-de-Fort, Reppaz, Somplaroz, Soulalex and Verlonnaz
Surrounded by	Bagnes, Bourg-Saint-Pierre, Bovernier, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (FR-74), Courmayeur (IT-AO), Liddes, Martigny-Combe, Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses (IT-AO), Sembrancher, Trient
Website	www.orsieres.ch ; SFSO statistics

Orsières is a municipality of the district of Entremont in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Villages

Branche, Chamoille, Champex-Lac, Chez-les-Addy-Maligue, Chez-les-Giroud, Chez-les-Reuses, Commeire, Issert, La Douay, La Fouly, La Rosière, Le Biolley, Les Archales, Orsières, Prassurny, Prayon, Praz-de-Fort, Reppaz, Somplaroz, Soulalex and Verlonnaz.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
↑ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

Other websites

Media related to Orsières at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (in French)
Orsières in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

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[wikidata-34465df301612b4c187d3751abe3e95527f60501-v10-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

[wikidata-08bd17aa84cda5e3983f082e36c9004a86cf08fc-v10-2] "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

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