Collonges VS

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Collonges
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Valais (VS)
District :	Saint-Maurice
BFS no. :	6211
Postal code :	1903
Coordinates :	568710  /  113362 coordinates: 46 ° 10 '16 "  N , 7 ° 2' 1"  O ; CH1903:  568710  /  113362
Height :	452  m above sea level M.
Height range :	437–2968 m above sea level M.
Area :	12.21  km²
Residents:	798 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	65 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.collonges.ch
Colonges
Location of the municipality

Dents de Morcles

Collonges is a political municipality and a civil parish in the district of Saint-Maurice in the French-speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland .

One of the few larger wind turbines in Switzerland is located south of Collonges.

geography

Aerial photograph by Walter Mittelholzer (1927)

Collonges is located southwest of Saint-Maurice and north of Martigny on the east bank of the Rhone , which flows from south to north near Collonge. The neighboring municipalities of Collonges are Bex ( VD ) in the north, Fully in the east, Dorénaz in the south, Evionnaz in the west, Saint-Maurice in the northwest and Lavey-Morcles ( VD ) in the north-northwest .

population

Population development
year	1850	1900	1920	1960	2000	2010	2012	2014	2016
Residents	408	402	433	301	488	584	630	703	750

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Collonges VS

Personalities

• Joseph Paccolat (1823–1909), Abbot Bishop of Saint-Maurice

literature

• Bernard Monnet: Collonges. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2005 .

Web links

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

• Collonges VS on the ETHorama platform
• Official website of the municipality of Collonges

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 .