Grengiols

Also known as Grengiols VS

Grengiols () is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Grengiols
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Grengiols COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Grengiols Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton: Valais
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-VS
Swiss town.district: Raron
Swiss town.postal_code: 3993
Swiss town.municipality_code: 6177
Swiss town.area: 58.5
Swiss town.elevation: 995
Swiss town.population: 497
Swiss town.populationof: December 2002
Swiss town.popofyear: 2002
Swiss town.website: grengiols.ch
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities: Baceno (IT-VB), Betten, Binn, Bister, Ernen, Filet, Lax, Martisberg, Ried-Brig, Termen, Varzo (IT-VB)

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Official name: Grengiols
Population: 424
Area: 58.52
Elevation: 984
Official website: www.grengiols.ch
Image: Grengiols.JPG
Dialing code: 027
Licence plate code: VS

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Commons category: Grengiols
postal code: 3993
P8168: Mittelzentrum Artern
external data available at URL: geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6177

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Grengiols () is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

==History== Grengiols is first mentioned in 1052 as Graneirolis. In 1228 it was mentioned as Griniruel and in 1297 as Graniols. The name probably comes from the Latin word graneirolas meaning a small granary.