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Also known as Embd VS

Embd is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Embd
Swiss town.image_photo
Embd.jpg
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Embd COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Embd Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton
Valais
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-VS
Swiss town.district
Visp
Swiss town.postal_code
3926
Swiss town.municipality_code
6283
Swiss town.area
13.37
Swiss town.elevation
1356
Swiss town.population
354
Swiss town.populationof
December 2002
Swiss town.popofyear
2002
Swiss town.website
www.embd.ch
Swiss town.mayor
Alex Bumann
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Ergisch, Grächen, Oberems, Sankt Niklaus, Törbel, Unterbäch

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Embd is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

==History== Embd is first mentioned in 1250 as Emeda. In 1330 it was mentioned as Embda and Emda.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Embd” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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