Mollens VS

VS is the abbreviation for the canton of Valais in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Mollens .

Mollens

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Valais (VS)

District :

Sierre

Municipal municipality :

Crans-Montana

Postal code :

3974

former BFS no. :

6242

Coordinates :

606 373 / 129477 coordinates: 46 ° 19 '0 " N , 7 ° 31' 17" O ; CH1903: six hundred and six thousand three hundred and seventy-three / 129477

Height :

1070 m above sea level M.

Area :

32.51 km²

Residents:

954 (December 31, 2016)

Population density :

29 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.commune-cransmontana.ch

map

Parish before the merger on January 1, 2017

Mollens is a parish of the Deanery of Sierre and a civic community with a civic council of the district of Sierre and was a political municipality in the French-speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland until December 31, 2016 . On January 1, 2017, Mollens merged with the municipalities of Chermignon , Montana and Randogne to form the new municipality of Crans-Montana .

geography

At approx. 1450 m above sea level. M. is the settlement of Aminona (also called Aminona-sur-Sierre ), where the slopes of the Crans-Montana ski area also lead; Until the beginning of 2014, a cable car also led to the Petit Mont Bonvin ski region at around 2300 m above sea level. M., then it was torn down without replacement. In the north, the municipality extends into the Wildstrubel massif and the southeastern part of the Plaine-Morte glacier lies on the former municipality area.

population

Population development
year	1798	1850	1900	1950	1980	2000	2010	2012	2014	2016
Residents	185	217	284	303	334	770	913	930	950	954

Attractions

List of cultural assets in Crans-Montana

literature

Hugues Rey: Mollens (VS). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2017 .

Web links

Commons : Mollens VS - collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website of the municipality of Mollens