Montana, Switzerland
locality and former municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
Montana was a municipality of the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Montana  | |
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| Coordinates: 46°19′N 7°29′E / 46.317°N 7.483°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Valais |
| District | Sierre |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Francis Tapparel |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.9 km2 (1.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,495 m (4,905 ft) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 2,276 |
| • Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 3963 |
| SFOS number | 6243 |
| Surrounded by | Chermignon, Lens, Randogne, Sierre |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
It was one of the six municipalities that form the ski resort Crans-Montana (together with Icogne, Lens, Randogne, Mollens and Chermignon).
On 1 January 2017, the former municipalities of Montana, Chermignon, Mollens and Randogne merged into the new municipality of Crans-Montana.
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
Other websites
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Media related to Montana, Switzerland at Wikimedia Commons
- Official Website Archived 2020-08-05 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
- Montana in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
