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Salgesch
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Also known as Salgesch VS

Salgesch (French: Salquenen) is a municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Salgesch
Swiss town.image_photo
Salgesch.JPG
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Salgesch COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Salgesch Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton
Valais
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-VS
Swiss town.district
Leuk
Swiss town.postal_code
3970
Swiss town.municipality_code
6113
Swiss town.area
11.3
Swiss town.elevation
581
Swiss town.population
1258
Swiss town.populationof
December 2002
Swiss town.popofyear
2002
Swiss town.website
www.salgesch.ch
Swiss town.mayor
Urs Kuonen
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Chandolin, Leuk, Miège, Mollens, Sierre, Varen, Veyras

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Coat of arms
  • Geography
  • Demographics
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Religion
  • Education
  • Grand Cru de Salquenen
  • Events in and around Salquenen
  • References
  • External links

Salgesch (French: Salquenen) is a municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

==History== Salgesch is first mentioned in the 11th Century as Salconio. In 1225 it was mentioned as Salquenum.

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

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