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Encyclopedia > Charrat

Coordinates: 46°7′N 7°8′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

Charrat
Canton Valais
District Martigny
Coordinates  46°7′N 7°8′E
Population 1148   (December 2002)
Area 7.6 km²
Elevation 461 m
Postal code 1906
SFOS number 6132
Website www.charrat.ch

Charrat

Charrat is a municipality in the district of Martigny, in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. The twenty-six cantons of Switzerland are the states of the federal state of Switzerland. ... Geography The canton of Valais is located in the south of Switzerland. ... In contrast to centrally organised states, in the federally constituted Switzerland each Canton is completely free to decide its own internal organisation. ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The metre, or meter (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... Here are postal codes of Switzerland and Liechtenstein: Zone 1 1000s are found in Lausanne, Lavaux and parts of Morges, 1100s in parts of Morges, 1200s are in Geneva and parts of La Côte, Vaud, 1300s in La Vallée, 1500s are found in Clavaleyres, the 1700s are found... The Official Munipality Key, formerly also known as the Official Municipality Characteristic Number or Municipality Code Number, is a number sequence for the identification of politically independent municipalities or municipality-free areas. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1359x922, 341 KB) Switzerland Map drawn by Tschubby see also Karte_Schweiz_Details. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Municipalities are the smallest government division in Switzerland. ... Geography The canton of Valais is located in the south of Switzerland. ...


Charrat also means rising (in punjabi language, Indian). It is often used as a name of a person in India especially Punjab.


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