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Coat of arms of Grône
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of ValaisCanton of Valais Valais (VS)
District : Sierrew
BFS no. : 6238i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 3979
UN / LOCODE : CH GNE
Coordinates : 601560  /  122 403 coordinates: 46 ° 15 '11 "  N , 7 ° 27' 32"  O ; CH1903:  601560  /  122,403
Height : 513  m above sea level M.
Height range : 496–2692 m above sea level M.
Area : 20.72  km²
Residents: 2414 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 117 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.grone.ch
The Pouta-Fontana moorland

The Pouta-Fontana moorland

Location of the municipality
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Grône (dt. Outdated green ) is a political municipality and a civil parish in the district of Sierre and a parish of the dean's office in the French-speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland .

geography

The municipality of Grône is located in the upper part of the Lower Valais south of Sierre on the southern side of the Rhone Valley. In the southwest, the municipality extends to the banks of the Rhone . In the south-west of the municipality is the protected moorland Pouta-Fontana.

The municipality consists of the village of Grône and the hamlets of Daillet, Erdesson, Itravers, La Coutoulaz, Le Coujon, Loye and Pramagnon as well as numerous individual farms. The neighboring communities of Grône are in the north of Sierre , in the east Chalais , in the south-east Anniviers , in the south and south-west Mont-Noble , in the west the canton capital Sion and in the north-west Saint-Léonard .

population

Population development
year 1850 1900 1950 2000 2010 2011 2012 2913 2014 2015 2016
Residents 348 741 1242 1866 2206 2253 2275 2253 2310 2311 2415

Sons and daughters of the church

Attractions

literature

Web links

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

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 .