https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/grundlagen/agvch.assetdetail.1666963.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - Mutationsmeldungen 2016] accessed 16 February 2017 It is a haufendorf (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) located at an elevation of 1582 meters on the upper Schamserberg.