Conthey

Conthey
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Valais (VS)
District :	Conthey
BFS no. :	6023
Postal code :	1964
Coordinates :	589.3 thousand  /  118367 coordinates: 46 ° 13 '0 "  N , 7 ° 18' 0"  O ; CH1903:  589 300  /  118367
Height :	504  m above sea level M.
Height range :	476–3215 m above sea level M.
Area :	84.95  km²
Residents:	8797 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	104 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.conthey.ch
Conthey
Location of the municipality

Conthey (Ger. Gundis ) is a political municipality , a civic community and the capital of the district of the same name in the canton of Wallis (French: Valais) in Switzerland .

geography

The municipality extends from the Tsanfleuron glacier on the border with the canton of Vaud down to the banks of the Rhone , at over 3000  m above sea level. M. to 460  u m. M. It consists of the ten localities Aven, Châteauneuf, Conthey, Daillon, Erde, Le Bourg, Premploz, Sensine, St-Séverin and Vens, the largest - Plan-Conthey and Châteauneuf - being in the Rhône plain, smaller ones like Sensine , Erde , Premploz or Daillon at different altitudes up to 930  m above sea level. M.

The following ten villages belong to the municipality:

Derborence

Locality	Altitude	Locality	Altitude
Aven	934 m	St-Severin	600 m
earth	794 m	Le Bourg	564 m
Premploz	802 m	Vens	532 m
Daillon	930 m	Conthey	508 m
Sensine	634 m	Châteauneuf	490 m

The Lac de Derborence and the Bassin de Godey also belong to the municipality .

history

Church of St-Severin

In the Middle Ages Conthey belonged to the Duchy of Savoy , while the neighboring communities of Sion (French: Sion) and Savièse were owned by the Bishop of Sion. This led to numerous conflicts.

Today Conthey is best known as a regional shopping center and - after Satigny GE , Chamoson VS and Sitten - as the fourth largest wine-growing community in Switzerland. Conthey, like other areas in the Valais Rhône Valley, enjoys a mild climate with below-average rainfall.

Aerial photo (1955)

population

Population development

year	1850	1900	1950	1980	1990	2000	2010	2012	2014	2015	2016
Residents	2488	2920	3485	4828	5853	6261	7708	8054	8315	8485	8674

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Conthey

Personalities

• Peter Roh (1811–1872), Jesuit and people's missionary

literature

• François Wiblé and Maurice Terettaz: Conthey (municipality). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2005 .
• Maurice Terrettaz: Conthey (Kastlanei, district). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2004 .

Web links

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

• Conthey on the ETHorama platform
• Official website of the municipality of Conthey
• Lac de Derborence on ETHorama
• Conthey 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. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated December 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ^ Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, Heinrich Brunner, Société neuchâteloise de geographie (editor): Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland . Volume 1: Aa - Emmengruppe . Verlag Gebrüder Attinger, Neuenburg 1902, p. 107, keyword Aven   ( scan of the lexicon page ).
4. ↑ Klaus-Bernward Springer:  ROH, Peter. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 8, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-053-0 , Sp. 557-559. As of April 15, 2007.