Anniviers
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Anniviers is a municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It was formed through the merger of six municipalities in Val d'Anniviers: Ayer, Chandolin, Grimentz, Saint-Jean, Saint-Luc and Vissoie. The merger became effective 1 January 2009, creating the third largest municipality of Switzerland by area.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Anniviers is referenced by 41 other articles, and connects out to Canton of Valais, Sierre District and Switzerland.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Anniviers, Cultural property of national significance in Valais and HDS different on Wikidata.
Its subject is documented across 29 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Anniviers
- Swiss town.image_photo
- chandolin.jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Village of Chandolin in the municipality of Anniviers
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Anniviers Flag.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Anniviers COA.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Valais
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-VS
- Swiss town.district
- Sierre
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 3961
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 6252
- Swiss town.area
- 243.15
- Swiss town.elevation
- 1202
- Swiss town.population
- 2371
- Swiss town.populationof
- January 2009
- Swiss town.website
- www.anniviers.org
- Swiss town.mayor
- Simon Epiney
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Agarn, Chippis, Oberems, Sierre,
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Municipality of Switzerland
- Official name
- Anniviers
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Sierre District
- Official language
- French
- Population
- 2790
- Area
- 243.37
- Elevation
- 1476
- Body of water
- Navizence
- Official website
- www.anniviers.org
- Image
- Val d'Anniviers depuis Tignousa.jpg
- Dialing code
- 027
- Licence plate code
- VS
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- Commons category
- Anniviers
- topic's main category
- Category:Anniviers
- Commons gallery
- Anniviers
- postal code
- 3961
- replaces
- Ayer
- P8168
- Timo Achenbach
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6252
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Demographics
- Historic Population
- Heritage sites of national significance
- Politics
- Economy
- Weather
- Education
- Tourism
- Special events
- Regional Specialty
- Access
- References
Anniviers is a municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It was formed through the merger of six municipalities in Val d'Anniviers: Ayer, Chandolin, Grimentz, Saint-Jean, Saint-Luc and Vissoie. The merger became effective 1 January 2009, creating the third largest municipality of Switzerland by area.
== History == Human settlement dates from the Bronze Age and Iron Age. The region was later occupied by Gaulish tribes, who were conquered by the Roman Empire during the first century. Under Rome the valley was incorporated into the province of Helvetia and became known as Annivesium.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anniviers” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations