Randogne

History

Randogne is first mentioned in 1224 as Randonni.

Geography

Randogne had an area, , of . Of this area, or 26.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 31.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 12.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and or 30.0% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.3%. Out of the forested land, 28.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.1% is used for growing crops and 5.4% is pastures, while 5.7% is used for orchards or vine crops and 15.1% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 6.6% is unproductive vegetation and 23.5% is too rocky for vegetation. The former municipality is located in the Sierre district, on the northern slope of the Rhone valley. The municipality goes from the Rhone valley at an elevation of to Mont Bonvin at . It consists of the village of Randogne (which was rebuilt in stone after the destructive fire of 1898), the village of Loc, portions of the village of Darnona and Bluche, as well as the majority of the resort of Montana-Vermala and Montana-Station.

Most-observed species

• False-acacia

  Robinia pseudoacacia L. · Magnoliopsida
  6,076
• Canadian Goldenrod

  Solidago canadensis L. · Magnoliopsida
  3,914
• Marbled White

  Melanargia galathea Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
  3,809
• Small Tortoiseshell

  Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  3,270
• red deer

  Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758 · Mammalia
  3,222
• Warty Cabbage

  Bunias orientalis L. · Magnoliopsida
  3,213
• Swiss Brassy Ringlet

  Erebia tyndarus Esper, 1777 · Insecta
  2,771
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  2,648

Most recent

• M 3.6 — 2026-01-12
  4 km SSW of Les Houches, France
• M 4.1 — 2025-07-21
  4 km E of Frutigen, Switzerland
• M 3.2 — 2024-05-09
  9 km SW of Evolène, Switzerland
• M 3.3 — 2022-09-25
  7 km ESE of Ar?ches-la-Frasse, France
• M 2.7 — 2022-08-23
  4 km S of Turtmann, Switzerland
• M 4.1 — 2021-10-05
  10 km SSW of Evolène, Switzerland