Guttet-Feschel is a municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It was formed from the union of the municipalities of Guttet and Feschel in 2000.
Feschel is first mentioned in 1267 as Vexli, Veselli. Guttet is first mentioned in 1261 as de gottet.
Guttet-Feschel has an area, as of 2009, of 10.5 square kilometers (4.1 sq mi). Of this area, 3.87 km (1.49 sq mi) or 36.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.92 ...
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Guttet-Feschel is a municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It was formed from the union of the municipalities of Guttet and Feschel in 2000.
Feschel is first mentioned in 1267 as Vexli, Veselli. Guttet is first mentioned in 1261 as de gottet.
Guttet-Feschel has an area, as of 2009, of 10.5 square kilometers (4.1 sq mi). Of this area, 3.87 km (1.49 sq mi) or 36.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.92 km (1.13 sq mi) or 27.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.37 km (0.14 sq mi) or 3.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.06 km (15 acres) or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes and 3.28 km (1.27 sq mi) or 31.2% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.6%. Out of the forested land, 24.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.1% is used for growing crops and 9.4% is...
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