Wiler

Wiler (Lötschen) is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Geography

Wiler has an area, as of 2009, of 14.7 square kilometers (5.7 sq mi). Of this area, 2.83 km² (1.09 sq mi) or 19.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.4 km² (1.3 sq mi) or 23.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.37 km² (0.14 sq mi) or 2.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.14 km² (35 acres) or 1.0% is either rivers or lakes and 7.95 km² (3.07 sq mi) or 54.2% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.9%. Out of the forested land, 19.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0% is used for growing crops, 5.2% is pastures and 14.1% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 13.6% is unproductive vegetation, 36.5% is too rocky for vegetation and 4.2% of the land is covered by glaciers.