Turtmann
Sign in to saveTurtmann (French: Tourtemagne) is a former municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The municipalities of Turtmann and Unterems merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Turtmann-Unterems.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Turtmann
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- former
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Bahnhof Turtmann.jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Turtmann village train station
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- Turtmann.gif
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- Flag of Turtmann.gif
- Swiss town.canton
- Valais
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-VS
- Swiss town.district
- Leuk
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 3946
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 6114
- Swiss town.area
- 6.8
- Swiss town.elevation
- 640
- Swiss town.population
- 997
- Swiss town.populationof
- December 2011
- Swiss town.popofyear
- 2011
- Swiss town.website
- www.turtmann.ch
- Swiss town.mayor
- Christian Jäger
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Turtmann (French: Tourtemagne) is a former municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The municipalities of Turtmann and Unterems merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Turtmann-Unterems.
==History== thumb|Aerial view (1955) Turtmann is first mentioned in 1050 as Curtmannonis. In 1210 it was mentioned as Torthemanei and Tortemagny. Until 2003 Turtmann had a military airfield which was used by Swiss Air Force Northrop F-5 of fighter squadron 13. The airfield is now just for the use of civil aircraft. After the withdrawal of the Swiss Air Force the aircraft cavern was used for the storage of Swiss Army M113 armored personnel carriers.