Trento VS

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

Trent
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Valais (VS)
District :	Martigny
BFS no. :	6142
Postal code :	1929
Coordinates :	565665  /  100706 coordinates: 46 ° 3 '25 "  N , 6 ° 59' 42"  O ; CH1903:  565665  /  100706
Height :	1300  m above sea level M.
Height range :	832–3540 m above sea level M.
Area :	39.56  km²
Residents:	161 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	4 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.trient.ch
Trent
Location of the municipality

Trento ( French [tʀiɛ] , Franco-Provençal [trəjɛ] ) is a Munizipalgemeinde and a civic community in the district of Martigny in the French speaking part of the Swiss canton of Valais .

geography

The municipality, which includes 22 hamlets, is located in the Vallée du Trient at the foot of the Mont-Blanc massif near the border with France . It is located on the Trient river of the same name , which rises from the Trient Glacier located in the municipality .

The north-western border towards the municipality of Finhaut is formed by the waters of Trento and Eau Noire, the south-western border towards France by the glaciated Aiguille du Tour ( 3540  m above sea level ), the south-eastern border towards Orsières by the Aiguilles Dorées ( 3519  m ). The north-eastern border towards Martigny is marked by the Col de la Forclaz ( 1527  m ).

history

The hamlet of Les Jeurs was around 1350 a small village, the hamlet still while Trent a spring pasture was.

In terms of the church, Trento was made a rectorate in 1830 and a parish in 1868 , but it was not until 1893 that it separated completely from Martigny .

Politically, after a vote in 1899, Trento split off in the following year from the municipality of Martigny-Combe , which in turn belonged to Martigny until 1841 .

In the Battle of Trento in 1844, a high point in the dispute between the Valais liberals and the Valais conservatives , the latter ("old Switzerland") triumphed over the former ("young Switzerland").

population

Population development
year	1900	1950	2000	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Residents	329	188	130	147	148	144	161	178	193	174

The population has long been in decline. In 1900 the community had 329 inhabitants, 188 in 1950 and 130 in 2000. It has recently recovered and stood at 161 as of December 31, 2018.

traffic

Trento can be reached from Martigny via the main road 203, which was opened in 1957, over the Col de la Forclaz , which continues as the Route départementale to Chamonix . Trento is connected to public transport by the Martigny – Col de la Forclaz – Trient postbus connection . In summer, selected routes continue to Châtelard-Frontière on the national border .

economy

Trient lived from cattle farming and in the second half of the 19th century from ice extraction from the Trient glacier. Tourism flourished in the Belle Époque . Today mainly commuters live in Trento .

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  Trento with the Mt. Blanc massif in the background

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  Welcome board at the entrance to the village

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Martigny

literature

• David Rey: Trento (VS). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2012 .
• R. Gay-Crosier: Trento. Cent ans d'histoire, Cent ans de vie. Pillet, Trient 1999.

Web links

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

• Trient VS on the ETHorama platform
• Official website of the Municipality of Trento

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 . 
2. ↑ David Rey: Trient (VS). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
3. ↑ Official Timetable: timetable field 12,213 , 2015/16, accessed on November 5, 2015