Hérémence

Hérémence
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Valais (VS)
District :	Hérens
BFS no. :	6084
Postal code :	1987
Coordinates :	597 325  /  114393 coordinates: 46 ° 10 '52 "  N , 7 ° 24' 14"  O ; CH1903:  five hundred and ninety-seven thousand three hundred and twenty-five  /  114393
Height :	1237  m above sea level M.
Height range :	671–3870 m above sea level M.
Area :	107.46  km²
Residents:	1392 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	13 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.heremence.ch
Panorama of Hérémence
Location of the municipality

Hérémence , formerly German Armensi or Ermenz, is a political municipality and a civil parish in the district of Hérens in the French-speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland . The municipality is known for the Lac des Dix reservoir and its huge Grande-Dixence dam .

geography

Aerial photo (1955)

The municipality is located in the Val d'Hérémence valley of the same name . The neighboring municipalities starting from the north in a clockwise direction are Vex , Saint-Martin , Evolène , Bagnes and Nendaz .

history

Hérémence was first mentioned in 1195 as Aremens . After the place had belonged to Savoy for a long time , it was transferred to the diocese of Sion in 1260 . In 1268 it moved back to Savoy, where the entire Val d'Hérémence remained until 1476. This is in contrast to the Val d'Hérens .

population

Population development
year	1850	1900	1930	1950	1960	2000	2016
Residents	1137	1101	1736	1648	1868	1294	1377

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Hérémence

The Catholic parish church ( St. Nicolas (Hérémence) ) is a monumental concrete building by the architect Walter Maria Förderer , built between 1967 and 1970. Controversial at the time of its construction, it is now considered to be an important architectural and historical church building of the 20th century in Switzerland.

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  Parish Church of Hérémence

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  Lac des Dix reservoir in Hérémence

literature

• Alexandre Bourdin: HEREMENCE, son passé et notes on le Val d'Hérens. (1973); Imprimerie Gessler SA, Sion; Editions du Château, Sion; 220 pp. ( OpenLibrary )
• Bernard Monnet: Hérémence. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2007 .
• Bernard Monnet: Hérémence, Val d '. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2006 .

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Hérémence

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 .