Vollèges
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| State : |
 Switzerland
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| Canton : |
 Valais (VS)
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| District : | Entremont |
| BFS no. : | 6036 |
| Postal code : | 1941 |
| Coordinates : | 579 247 / 104001 |
| Height : | 843 m above sea level M. |
| Height range : | 674–2334 m above sea level M. |
| Area : | 17.81 km² |
| Residents: | 2018 (December 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 113 inhabitants per km² |
| Website: | www.volleges.ch |
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Vollèges ( German formerly Villuge ) is a political municipality and a civil parish in the Entremont district in the French-speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland .
Vollèges consists of the villages Vollèges ( 843 m ), Le Levron ( 1307 m ), Chemin-Dessus ( 1157 m ) and Vens ( 1111 m ) as well as the hamlets of Etiez ( 763 m ) and Cries (approx. 920 m ).
geography
The main town Vollèges is about six kilometers east of Martigny on a northern slope at the entrance to the Val de Bagnes , through which the Drance de Bagnes flows. The hamlet of Etiez is connected to the Chemins de fer Martigny-Orsières through its train station .
The village of Chemin-Dessus however, is beyond the ridge, the Martigny from Sembrancher separates from Sembrancher is off Vens and Chemin-Dessus on the mountain pass of the Col des Planches reach.
population
| Population development | |||||||||
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| year | 1339 | 1850 | 1900 | 1950 | 2000 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 |
| Residents | 115 taxpayers | 869 | 910 | 993 | 1309 | 1631 | 1740 | 1825 | 1942 |
Culture and sights
Modern church in the village of Le Levron , built in 1957 by Marius Zryd.
literature
- Jean-Yves Gabbud: Vollèges. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2013 .
Web links
- Vollèges on the ETHorama platform
- Official website of the municipality of Vollèges
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .
