Grône

Also known as Grône VS, Grone, Grone VS

Grône is a municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Grône
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.image_photo: Grône - mai 2023.jpg
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Grône COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Grône Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton: Valais
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-VS
Swiss town.district: Sierre
Swiss town.postal_code: 3979
Swiss town.municipality_code: 6238
Swiss town.area: 21.1
Swiss town.elevation: 513
Swiss town.population: 2002
Swiss town.populationof: December 2002
Swiss town.popofyear: 2002
Swiss town.website: www.grone.ch
Swiss town.mayor: Marcel Bayard
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities: Chalais, Nax, Anniviers, Saint-Léonard, Sierre, Sion

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Grône
Population: 2556
Area: 20.3
Elevation: 1742
Official website: www.grone.ch
Image: Grône - mai 2023.jpg
Dialing code: 027
Licence plate code: VS

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Commons category: Grône
postal code: 3979
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external data available at URL: geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6238

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Grône is a municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

==History== Grône is first mentioned around 1001–1100 as in Gruona. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Grün, however, that name is no longer used.