Montana

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Montana

Total population

2,386

Elevation1523 m

Coordinates46.31°, 7.48°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Montana is a former municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It was one of the six municipalities that form the ski resort Crans-Montana. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Chermignon, Mollens (VS), Montana and Randogne merged to form the new municipality of Crans-Montana.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Roger Bonvin

member of the Swiss Federal Council (1907-1982)

H

Henri Schwery

Bishop and Cardinal (1932-2021)

G

Georg Supersaxo

Swiss secretary

Édouard Delalay

Swiss politician

A

Alexandre Quennoz

Swiss footballer

N

Nicolas Bochatay

Swiss alpine skier (1964-1992)

Y

Yves Allegro

Swiss tennis player

A

Alain Geiger

Swiss footballer and manager

C

Cédric Tornay

(1974-1998)

M

Madeleine Boll

Swiss football pioneer

P

Paul-André Roux

Swiss politician

Anja Wyden Guelpa

Swiss politician

B

Bastien Dayer

Swiss skier

B

Bernie Constantin

Swiss songwriter

B

Bertrand Bitz

Swiss singer

B

Blaise Piffaretti

Swiss association football player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Valais

• Crans
  0.7 mi away
• Montana-Village
  1.1 mi away · pop. 2,363
• Mollens
  1.8 mi away · pop. 954
• Chermignon-d'en-Bas
  2.1 mi away
• Corin-de-la-Crête
  2.2 mi away
• Noës
  2.5 mi away
• Lens
  2.8 mi away · pop. 3,986
• Miège
  3.1 mi away · pop. 1,349
• Flanthey
  3.2 mi away · pop. 193
• Chalais
  3.5 mi away · pop. 3,410
• Réchy
  3.6 mi away
• Luc (Ayent)
  3.7 mi away · pop. 600

Browse all places in Valais →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Montana

Une histoire culturelle de Crans-Montana (1896-2016)

Sylvie Doriot Galofaro · 2017

Crans-Montana

F. S. Kahn · 2014

Sitten, Siders, Montana

Ignace Mariétan · 1976

Die Mundart von Montana (Wallis) und ihre Stellung innerhalb der franko-provenzalischen Mundarten des Mittelwallis

Walter Gerster · 1927

Search results from Open Library.

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