Chamoson
Chamoson | |
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State : | Switzerland |
Canton : | Valais (VS) |
District : | Conthey |
BFS no. : | 6022 |
Postal code : | 1955 |
Coordinates : | 583201 / 116862 |
Height : | 490 m above sea level M. |
Height range : | 469–3029 m above sea level M. |
Area : | 32.47 km² |
Residents: | 3897 (December 31, 2018) |
Population density : | 120 inhabitants per km² |
Website: | www.chamoson.net |
St. Pierre de Clages church, Chamoson parish |
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Location of the municipality | |
Chamoson ( Eng . Tschamboss ) is a political municipality and a civil parish in the Conthey district in the French-speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland . Chamoson is the second largest wine-growing community in Switzerland (see also Viticulture in Switzerland ).
The district of Saint-Pierre-de-Clages is the only book village in Switzerland. In the village Suisse du Livre to 14 have antique shops and bookstores located.
geography
Chamoson is located on the north side of the Rhone on the southern slope, which is excellent for viticulture, about halfway between Sion and Saint-Maurice, both of which are about 18 km away. The municipality consists of the settlements of Chamoson, Grugnay, Les Vérines, Mayens-de-Chamoson, Némiaz and Saint-Pierre-de-Clages. The neighboring communities of Chamoson are Conthey in the north, Ardon in the east, Nendaz in the south-east, Riddes in the south, Leytron in the west and Bex ( VD ) in the north-northwest .
population
Population development | ||||||||||
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year | 1850 | 1900 | 1950 | 1980 | 2000 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
Residents | 1140 | 1731 | 2053 | 2094 | 2497 | 3068 | 3286 | 3461 | 3587 | 3721 |
avalanche
On August 7, 2018, a mudslide fell in the municipality of Chamoson (in the Grugnay district). Nobody was injured, there was minor property damage .
Attractions
Partnerships
Sion has a city partnership with the community Degersheim SG .
literature
- Danielle Allet-Zwissig: Chamoson. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2003 .
Web links
- Chamoson on the ETHorama platform
- Official website of the municipality of Chamoson
- Le Village du livre
- Chamoson on elexikon.ch
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 .
- ↑ mudslide in Chamoson VS . In: Fatherland online . ( vaterland.li [accessed on August 8, 2018]). Mudslide in Chamoson VS ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.