Evolène

Evolène
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Valais (VS)
District :	Hérens
BFS no. :	6083
Postal code :	1983
UN / LOCODE :	CH ARL (Arolla)
Coordinates :	604 357  /  106 724 coordinates: 46 ° 6 '43 "  N , 7 ° 29' 42"  O ; CH1903:  604357  /  106,724
Height :	1371  m above sea level M.
Height range :	1077-4356 m above sea level M.
Area :	209.84  km²
Residents:	1685 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	8 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.commune-evolene.ch
Evolène
Location of the municipality

Evolène [ ɛvɔlɛnə̯ ] (also Evolena , in the native Franco-Provencal patois : [ (ew) ɔˈlɛ̃iŋna ]) is a village, a political municipality and a civic parish in the Hérens district in the French-speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland .

history

The municipality was formed in 1882 by the municipality of separation of Hérens in Evolene and Saint-Martin VS .

On February 21, 1999, the Evolène avalanche accident occurred in which 12 people died.

geography

The municipality extends from the upper part of the Val d'Hérens to the Italian border. The Borgne flows in the valley . The municipality reaches its highest point at the summit of the 4,357  m high Dent Blanche .

The districts Evolène , Lannaz , Les Haudères , La Sage / Villa (z) , La Forclaz , Arolla and Ferpècle belong to the municipality .

The neighboring Swiss municipalities are clockwise (starting in the southwest): Bagnes , Hérémence , Saint-Martin VS, Grimentz , Ayer and Zermatt . In the south the municipality borders on Italy .

The main road 206 coming from Sion leads via Evolène to its end point, the district of Les Haudères. Evolène is on the Sitten – Evolène – Les Haudères post bus line .

Climate table

Evolène (La Sage, 1825 m. Above sea level), 1981-2010
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     50   1 -6     41   1 -6     47   4th -4     52   7th -2     79   11 3     79   15th 6th     81   18th 8th     79   17th 8th     59   14th 5     59   10 2     54   4th -3     55   2 -5 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source:

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Evolène (La Sage, 1825 meters above sea level), 1981–2010 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 0.5 0.7 3.6 7.0 11.4 14.8 17.7 17.0 13.6 10.1 4.4 1.6 O 8.6 Min. Temperature (° C) −5.8 −6.1 -4.2 -1.5 2.7 5.5 7.9 8.1 5.1 2.2 -2.5 −4.9 O 0.6 Temperature (° C) −2.8 -2.9 -0.6 2.2 6.6 9.8 12.5 12.1 8.8 5.6 0.6 -1.9 O 4.2 Precipitation ( mm ) 50 41 47 52 79 79 81 79 59 59 54 55 Σ 735 Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 3.5 4.1 4.7 5.0 5.5 6.1 6.8 6.2 5.6 4.6 3.5 3.2 O 4.9 Rainy days ( d ) 8.2 7.2 8.6 7.5 11.1 10.3 10.3 11.0 8.3 7.4 7.5 8.2 Σ 105.6 Humidity ( % ) 55 58 61 65 69 71 68 69 70 65 63 58 O 64.3 Source:

Population and language

Population development
year	1850	1900	1910	1950	2000	2010	2012	2014	2016
Residents	1040	1208	1300	1315	1522	1683	1711	1718	1697

Evolène is one of the few communities in French-speaking Switzerland where a patois, Arpitan , is still spoken.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Evolène

Pierre aux immolés

On the Alpage de Cotter above Evolène there are several prehistoric shell stones , including the Pierre aux Immolés ( stone of the sacrificed ).

literature

• Bernard Monnet: Evolène. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2005 .
• Danielle Allet-Zwissig: Arolla. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2002 .
• Bernard Monnet: Haudères, Les. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2007 .

Web links

Commons : Evolène  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Evolène on the ETHorama platform
• Official website of the municipality of Evolène

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. ↑ Nicolas Pépin / Andres Kristol, Évolène VS (Hérons) in: Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses - Lexicon of Swiss community names - Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS | LSG) , Center de dialectologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld / Stuttgart / Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7193-1308-5 and Éditions Payot, Lausanne 2005, ISBN 2-601-03336-3 , p. 343f.
3. ↑ Schweizer Kursbuch: 12.381 , 2015/16, accessed on October 26, 2015
4. ↑ Climate table. In: meteoschweiz.admin.ch. meteoschweiz, accessed on December 12, 2018 . 

Valley of the Borgne de Ferpècle near Les Haudères with the Dent Blanche in the background