Gampel is a former municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
It was an independent municipality until January 1, 2009, when it merged with Bratsch to form Gampel-Bratsch.
Gampel is first mentioned in 1238 as Champilz.
The blazon of the village coat of arms is Azure in dexter a Mullet of Six Or in sinister an Increscent inverted Argent in base Coupeaux of the second.
Gampel has a population (as of December 2002) ...
More
Gampel is a former municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
It was an independent municipality until January 1, 2009, when it merged with Bratsch to form Gampel-Bratsch.
Gampel is first mentioned in 1238 as Champilz.
The blazon of the village coat of arms is Azure in dexter a Mullet of Six Or in sinister an Increscent inverted Argent in base Coupeaux of the second.
Gampel has a population (as of December 2002) of 1,385.
Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (1,188 or 91.3%) as their first language, Albanian is the second most common (33 or 2.5%) and Serbo-Croatian is the third (25 or 1.9%). There are 15 people who speak French, 22 people who speak Italian.
Of the population in the village 662 or about 50.9% were born in Gampel and lived there in 2000. There were 388 or 29.8% who were born in the same canton, while 65 or 5.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 151 or 11.6% were born outside of Switzerland. As of 2000, there were...
Less
