Val de Bagnes
| Val de Bagnes (Vallée de Bagnes / Bangital / Baniental) | ||
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 View of the Val de Bagnes (right) and the Rhone Valley (left) from Martigny |
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| location | Switzerland | |
| Waters | Dranse de Bagnes | |
| Mountains | Valais Alps (Alps) | |
| Geographical location | 590 039 / 97615 | |
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| Type | Trough valley | |
| length | 25 km | |
The Val de Bagnes or the Vallée de Bagnes ( German Bangital or Baniental ) is a valley in the canton of Valais , Entremont district in Switzerland .
geography
The valley is traversed by the Dranse de Bagnes . In the upper part of the valley is the Lac de Mauvoisin and towards the southern end of the valley the Glacier de Fenêtre and the Cabane de Chanrion . From the Val de Bagnes you can reach the Aosta Valley via the Fenêtre de Durand in the Grand Combin . The Val de Bagnes flows into the Val d'Entremont at Sembrancher .
The main mountain peaks in Val de Bagnes are:
- Grand Combin ( 4314 m above sea level )
- La Ruinette ( 3875 m above sea level )
- Mont Blanc de Cheilon ( 3870 m above sea level )
- Petit Combin ( 3663 m above sea level )
- Mont Gelé ( 3518 m above sea level )
- Pointe d'Otemma ( 3403 m above sea level )
- Rosablanche ( 3336 m above sea level )
- Mont Avril ( 3346 m above sea level )
Communities
In the Val de Bagnes are the political communities of Bagnes - one of the largest communities in Switzerland in terms of area - and Vollèges . The most famous resort in the Val de Bagnes is Verbier . Other villages are:
- Sembrancher
- Le Châble
- Bruson, with a small ski area
- Versegères
- Lourtier
- Sarreyer
- Fionnay
- Louvie
- Sery
- Plenaz-Dzeu
- Lourtier
- Champsec
- Mauvoisin
tourism
Tourism emerged in the Val de Bagnes at the end of the 19th century. Numerous infrastructure projects have been carried out for tourism; so the Médran chairlift was built in 1950 (winter tourism); Summer tourism began in Fionnay as early as 1890 , then also in Bruson and Verbier .
nature
In the 1990s, Pro Natura brought up the idea of a Val de Bagnes National Park .
Transport links
- The Val de Bagnes is accessible by rail through the Chemins de fer Martigny-Orsières . The Martinach - Sembrancher line , which continues to Orsières in the Val d'Entremont , was completed in 1910, the Sembrancher - Le Châble branch line leading into the Val de Bagnes in 1952.
- At Martigny , the A21 / H21 branches off from the A9 in the direction of Grosser-St.-Bernhard-Tunnel and branches off at Sembrancher into Val de Bagnes and Val d'Entremont .
literature
- L. Courthion, Esquisse historique de la vallée et commune de B., 1893
- F. Raynauld, Formation et évolution d'une élite politique dans une vallée alpestre, 1976
- B. Clément, Bataille pour l'eau, 1982
- A. Perrenoud, Paroles de bergers, 1992
- Val de B., ed. by A. Perrenoud, 1997
Web links
- Jean-Yves Gabbud: Bagnes, Val de. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Val de Bagnes on the ETHorama platform
Individual evidence
- ↑ In 1481 -> Banienlal in Swiss Chronicle by Johannes Stumpf, 1547/1548 Zurich.
- ↑ Glacier de Fenêtre on ETHorama
- ^ A b Jean-Yves Gabbud: Bagnes, Val de. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .