Saas-Balen

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Saas-Balen is a small Swiss mountain village in the canton of Valais, known for its alpine scenery and proximity to the popular resort of Saas-Fee.

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Saas-Balen canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
village
canton Valais
country Switzerland
district Visp
elevation 1483 m
governingBody municipal council of Saas-Balen
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
service sector
tourism
hasHeritageSite Church of Mariä Himmelfahrt
round church of Saas-Balen
hasMountainEnvironment alpine climate
hasNearbyAttraction Alpine peaks over 4000 m in Saastal
Saas-Fee ski area
linked to: Saas-Fee

Saas-Grund ski area
linked to: Hohsaas ski area
hasOutdoorActivity hiking
mountain biking
skiing
snowboarding
hasPopulationCharacteristic small population
hasSettlementType mountain village
hasTourismType hiking tourism
mountain tourism
winter tourism
heritageStatus Swiss heritage site of national significance
isoCodeRegion CH-VS
knownFor alpine scenery
proximity to Saas-Fee ski resort
locatedIn Saastal
Swiss Alps
southern Switzerland
locatedOnRiver Vispa
municipalityCode 6287
neighboringMunicipality Eisten
Saas-Fee
Saas-Grund
officialLanguage German
postalCode 3908
primaryReligion Roman Catholicism
region Upper Valais
timeZone Central European Time
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time
transportConnection PostBus services to Saas-Fee
road access via Saastalstrasse

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saas-Fee near Saas-Balen
Visp District contains Saas-Balen
Saastal hasSettlement Saas-Balen
Saas-Grund nearbyMunicipality Saas-Balen
Saas valley ski area hasResort Saas-Balen
Saas valley contains Saas-Balen