Chamoson

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Chamoson
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Valais (VS)
District :	Conthey
BFS no. :	6022
Postal code :	1955
Coordinates :	583201  /  116862 coordinates: 46 ° 12 '11 "  N , 7 ° 13' 16"  O ; CH1903:  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
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 .

Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1955

population

Population development
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

See also : List of cultural assets in Chamoson

Partnerships

Sion has a city partnership with the community Degersheim SG .

literature

• Danielle Allet-Zwissig: Chamoson. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2003 .

Web links

Commons : Chamoson  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Chamoson on the ETHorama platform
• Official website of the municipality of Chamoson
• Le Village du livre
• Chamoson on elexikon.ch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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 . 
2. ↑ 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.