Saint-Luc VS

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

St-Luc
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Valais (VS)
District :	Sierre
Municipal municipality :	Anniviers
Postal code :	3961
former BFS no. :	6247
Coordinates :	612 299  /  118 957 coordinates: 46 ° 13 '19 "  N , 7 ° 35' 53"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and twelve thousand two hundred ninety-nine  /  one hundred eighteen thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven
Height :	1655  m above sea level M.
Area :	31.9  km²
Residents:	334 (March 16, 2018)
Population density :	10 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.st-luc.ch
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Saint-Luc (today officially written as St-Luc ) is a parish of the Deanery of Sierre and a civic parish with a civic council of the district of Sierre and was a political municipality in the Val d'Anniviers of the canton of Valais in Switzerland until December 31, 2008 .

Aerial photo (1970)

Community merger

On January 1, 2009, Saint-Luc merged with the other five municipalities in the valley ( Ayer , Chandolin , Grimentz , Saint-Jean and Vissoie ) to form the municipality of Anniviers .

The Niouc exclave above the industrial site Chippis also belonged to the community .

Saint-Luc shares a ski area with Chandolin.

population

Village center

Population development
year	1850	1900	1950	2000	2018
Residents	385	501	240	319	334

Buildings

• Pont Niouc

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Anniviers

• Pierre des Sauvages

Parish before the merger, on December 31, 2008

literature

• David Rey: Saint-Luc. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2017 .

Web links

Commons : Saint-Luc  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Saint-Luc VS on the ETHorama platform
• Website about the place St-Luc
• Cable cars in Val d'Anniviers

Individual evidence

1. ↑ SwissTopo (maps of Switzerland)
2. ↑ Pierre des Sauvages on ETHorama