Miège

Also known as Miège VS, Miege, Miege VS

Miège () is a former municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021 the former municipalities of Miège, Venthône and Veyras merged to form the new municipality of Noble-Contrée.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Miège
Swiss town.municipality_type: former
Swiss town.image_photo: Miège en Valais.JPG
Swiss town.image_caption: Miège village
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: Blason ville ch Miège (Valais).svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: Flag of Miège.gif
Swiss town.canton: Valais
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-VS
Swiss town.district: Sierre
Swiss town.postal_code: 3972
Swiss town.municipality_code: 6241
Swiss town.area: 2.5
Swiss town.elevation: 702
Swiss town.population: 1376
Swiss town.populationof: December 2019
Swiss town.popofyear: 2019
Swiss town.website: www.miege.ch
Swiss town.mayor: Dany Antille

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: village
Official name: Miège
Country: Switzerland
Located in: Noble-Contrée
Official language: French
Population: 1399
Area: 2.56
Elevation: 702
Time zone: Central European Time
Shares border with: Veyras
Official website: www.miege.ch
Image: Miège en Valais.JPG
Dialing code: 027
Licence plate code: VS

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Commons category: Miège
postal code: 3972
replaced by: Noble-Contrée
external data available at URL: geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6241

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Geography
Coat of arms
Demographics
Politics
Economy
Religion
Education
References
External links

==History== Miège is first mentioned in 1226 as Mieio. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Miesen, however, that name is no longer used.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Miège” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.