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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Ryan Fahey

Inside the town that's actually paying people £50,000 to move there - but there's a catch

A town in Switzerland is offering new residents a tidy £50,000 for moving there.

The stunning mountain village of Albinen sits on at an elevation of 4,265ft in the Swiss region of Valais, which shares its southern borders with both France and Italy.

Despite the town's gorgeous surrounding, including a vast expanse of crisp snow-tipped peaks as far as the eye can see, it has faced extinction for several years as residents leave in droves in favour of nearby cities.

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