Turtmann-Unterems
Sign in to saveTurtmann-Unterems is a 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-Unterems
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Unterems.jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Unterems village in Turtmann-Unterems
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.canton
- Valais
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-VS
- Swiss town.district
- Leuk
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 3948/3946
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 6119
- Swiss town.area
- 1.4
- Swiss town.elevation
- 1003
- Swiss town.lowest_m
- 800
- Swiss town.highest_m
- 1200
- Swiss town.highest
- Massoltern
- Swiss town.population
- 164
- Swiss town.populationof
- December 2007
- Swiss town.popofyear
- 2007
- Swiss town.website
- www.turtmann-unterems.ch
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Turtmann-Unterems is a 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.
==Geography== thumb|left|Turtmann village Turtmann-Unterems had an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of . Of this area, about 14.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 12.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and 70.2% is unproductive land. Over the past two decades (1979/85-2004/09) the amount of land that is settled has increased by and the agricultural land has decreased by .