sentences:  The municipality straddles the road up the Lötschental valley from Steg to Fafleralp.A PostAuto bus service runs along the road as far as Fafleralp, connecting the upper valley settlements, including Blatten village, to Goppenstein station, with some buses continuing further down the valley to Steg.From the , 274 or 95.8% were Roman Catholic, while 9 or 3.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.