Arbaz
Arbaz | |
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State : | Switzerland |
Canton : | Valais (VS) |
District : | Manners |
BFS no. : | 6261 |
Postal code : | 1974 |
Coordinates : | 595 757 / 124782 |
Height : | 1146 m above sea level M. |
Height range : | 829–2891 m above sea level M. |
Area : | 19.23 km² |
Residents: | 1280 (December 31, 2018) |
Population density : | 67 inhabitants per km² |
Website: | www.arbaz.ch |
Location of the municipality | |
Arbaz is a political municipality and a civil parish in the district of Sion in the French-speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland .
geography
Arbaz is located on the northern side of the Rhone Valley about 5 kilometers north of the canton capital Sion . The highest point of the municipality is located south of the Wildhorn on the Col des Audannes at an altitude of 2886 m above sea level. M. The municipality consists of the village of Arbaz and the settlements of Le Lazier and Mayens-d'Arbaz. The neighboring communities of Arbaz are Ayent in the north and east , Grimisuat in the south and Savièse in the west .
population
Population development | ||||||||||
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year | 1821 | 1850 | 1900 | 1950 | 1980 | 2000 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 |
Residents | 361 | 381 | 516 | 493 | 472 | 800 | 1085 | 1109 | 1176 | 1219 |
literature
- Danielle Allet-Zwissig: Arbaz. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2011 .
Web links
Commons : Arbaz - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Arbaz on the ETHorama platform
- Official website of the municipality of Arbaz
Individual evidence
- ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .