Randogne

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Valais (VS)

District :

Sierre

Municipal municipality :

Crans-Montana

Postal code :

3975

former BFS no. :

6244

Coordinates :

605 582 / 129168 coordinates: 46 ° 18 '50 " N , 7 ° 30' 40" O ; CH1903: 605582 / 129168

Height :

1220 m above sea level M.

Area :

16.8 km²

Residents:

4279 (December 31, 2016)

Population density :

255 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.commune-cransmontana.ch

map

Parish before the merger on January 1, 2017

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

geography

Aerial photo (1955)

Randogne is located in the upper part of the French Lower Valais on the north side of the Rhone Valley, north of Sierre and belongs to the tourist region Crans-Montana . The municipality consists of the villages of Randogne, Bluche, Loc, Dardona and Montana-Station and parts of Montana-Vermala. The neighboring communities of Randogne are Lenk ( BE ) in the north, Mollens in the east, Venthône in the south-east, Sierre in the south, Montana in the south-west, Lens in the west and Icogne in the north-west .

population

Population development
year	1850	1900	1950	2000	2010	2012	2014	2016
Residents	253	411	1616	2963	4279	4246	4412	4279

Attractions

List of cultural assets in Crans-Montana

Personalities

Elizabeth von Arnim (1866–1941), English writer, 1910 to around 1930

literature

Bernard Truffer: Randogne. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2017 .

Web links

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

Official website of the municipality of Randogne