Vernamiège

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Valais (VS)

District :

Hérens

Municipal municipality :

Mont Noble

Postal code :

1961

former BFS no. :

6088

Coordinates :

599 718 / 117709 coordinates: 46 ° 12 '39 " N , 7 ° 26' 6" O ; CH1903: 599,718 / 117709

Height :

1321 m above sea level M.

Area :

7.4 km²

Residents:

182 (December 31, 2010)

Population density :

25 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.vernamiege.ch

map

Parish before the merger on December 31, 2010

Vernamiège (1955)

Vernamiège (formerly Ferneisi in German ) is a civic community with a civic council and until December 31, 2010 was a political municipality in the Hérens district in the French-speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland .

population

Population development
year	1850	1900	1950	2000	2010
Residents	185	244	330	144	182

Community merger

In the referendum on February 24, 2008, the planned merger of the three municipalities Vernamiège, Nax and Mase only narrowly failed . Nax and Mase said yes, but Vernamiège rejected the project with 67 to 61 votes. Another referendum took place on September 7, 2008, in which all three municipalities accepted the project. The new municipality of Mont-Noble was created on January 1st, 2011.

Attractions

literature

Catherine Raemi-Berthod: Les sanctuaires de Nax, Vernamiège, Mase et Saint-Martin (Val d'Hérens). Canton du Valais. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 617/619, Series 62). Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1997, ISBN 3-85782-617-7 .
Catherine Raemy-Berthod: Vernamiège. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2017 .

Web links

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

Vernamiège on the ETHorama platform
Official website of the municipality of Mont-Noble