Ferden
Sign in to saveFerden is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Besides the village of Ferden itself, the municipality includes the hamlet of Goppenstein, and the alpine settlements of Faldum, Resti and Kummen.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Ferden
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Ferden flags.jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Ferden village
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Ferden COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Ferden Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Valais
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-VS
- Swiss town.district
- Raron
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 3916
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 6195
- Swiss town.area
- 27.89
- Swiss town.elevation
- 1389
- Swiss town.population
- 342
- Swiss town.populationof
- December 2002
- Swiss town.popofyear
- 2002
- Swiss town.mayor
- Dionys Werlen
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Erschmatt, Gampel, Guttet-Feschel, Kandersteg (BE), Kippel, Leukerbad, Niedergesteln, Steg
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Ferden is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Besides the village of Ferden itself, the municipality includes the hamlet of Goppenstein, and the alpine settlements of Faldum, Resti and Kummen.
==History== Ferden is first mentioned in 1380 as Verdan.