Zermatt
municipality in Visp district, canton of Valais, Switzerland
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Summary
Zermatt is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Zermatt ranks in the top 0.48% of municipality of switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,266 views/month, #9 of 1,875).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: SGV-ACS[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Visp District[4]
- Country: Switzerland[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Zmuttbach[6], Vispa[7]
- Instance of: city of Switzerland[8], carfree city[9], car-free place[10]
- Shares border with: Macugnaga[11], Alagna Valsesia[12], Ayas[13], Bionaz[14], Gressoney-La-Trinité[15], Valtournenche[16]
- Twinned administrative body: Alfano[17], Myōkō[18], Kyoto[19]
- Postal code: 3920[20]
- Commons category: Zermatt[21]
- Licence plate code: VS[22]
- Local dialing code: 027[23]
- Official website: https://gemeinde.zermatt.ch/[24], https://zermatt.swiss/[25]
- Topic's main category: Category:Zermatt[26]
- Population: 5770[27], 5643[28], 5755[29], 5000[30], 436[31], 369[32], 6023[33]
- External data available at URL: https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6300[34]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[35], The Encyclopedia Americana[36], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[37]
- Contains settlement: Blatten[38]
- Official name: Gemeinde Zermatt[39]
- List of monuments: list of cultural properties in Zermatt[40]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Zermatt, Switzerland[41]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Zermatt, Switzerland[42]
- Native label: Zermatt[43]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Zermatt[44]
- Elevation above sea level: 1624 m[45]
- Area: 242.67 km²[46], 242.91 km²[47], 242.85 km²[48]
Why It Matters
Zermatt has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] Zermatt is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]