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Icogne

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Icogne

Total population

561

Elevation1026 m
Land area24.83 km²
Coordinates46.29°, 7.44°

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City facts

Elevation
1026 m
Area
24.83 km²
Official website
www.icogne.ch

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Overview

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

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History & geography

History

Icogne is first mentioned in 1233 as Ucogni. In 1249 it was mentioned as Ucogniez.

Geography

Icogne has an area, , of . Of this area, or 14.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 31.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 2.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 2.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 50.4% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.8%. Out of the forested land, 27.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.2% is used for growing crops and 3.4% is pastures and 10.8% is used for alpine pastures. Of the water in the municipality, 1.5% is in lakes and 0.8% is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 12.0% is unproductive vegetation and 37.6% is too rocky for vegetation. The reservoir Lac de Tseuzier is located on the border with Ayent.

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Geography

Latitude
46.2908
Longitude
7.4391
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
3.59
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,309

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Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
54
Avg daily Wikipedia views
2
Attention level
Obscure

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Official Identifiers

BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office

BFS-Nr
6239
Population (Wikidata)
565
Wikidata
Q69535

Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771

Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikidata
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771