Saint-Léonard

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Saint-Léonard

Total population

2,213

Elevation504 m

Coordinates46.25°, 7.42°

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

Overview

Saint-Léonard is a municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The Saint-Léonard underground lake situated there is a tourist attraction.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Roger Bonvin

member of the Swiss Federal Council (1907-1982)

Bernard Fellay

Swiss bishop

H

Henri Schwery

Bishop and Cardinal (1932-2021)

Maurice Zermatten

Swiss writer (1910-2001)

Roberto Schmidt

Swiss politician

Simon Epiney

Swiss politician

Jacques Melly

Swiss politician

Alice Glauser-Zufferey

Swiss politician

Jean-Pierre Roth

Swiss economist

Oskar Freysinger

Swiss teacher, politician (SVP), and writer

J

Jean-Yves Rey

Swiss ski mountaineer

Édouard Delalay

Swiss politician

Stéphane Grichting

Swiss footballer

Michel Morganella

Swiss footballer

S

Sylviane Berthod

Swiss alpine skier

Vincent Gessler

Swiss writer

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

Nearby places in Valais

• La Place (Ayent)
  1.5 mi away · pop. 220
• Botyre (Ayent)
  1.7 mi away · pop. 610
• Saxonne (Ayent)
  1.8 mi away · pop. 250
• Flanthey
  1.9 mi away · pop. 193
• Luc (Ayent)
  1.9 mi away · pop. 600
• Lens
  2.1 mi away · pop. 3,986
• Daillet
  2.2 mi away
• Drône
  2.6 mi away
• Vex
  3.2 mi away · pop. 1,929
• Saint-Germain
  3.4 mi away
• Chermignon-d'en-Bas
  3.5 mi away
• Chermignon-d'en-Haut
  3.5 mi away · pop. 3,092

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 Saint-Léonard

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Clouded Yellow

Colias crocea

Seen 2026-09-26

Wart-biter

Decticus verrucivorus

Seen 2026-09-26

Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth

Macroglossum stellatarum

Seen 2026-09-26

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Seen 2026-09-26

common columbine

Aquilegia vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-24

Purple Meadow Bush-cricket

Metrioptera saussuriana

Seen 2026-09-23

Triangulate Combfoot

Steatoda triangulosa

Seen 2026-09-22

jimsonweed

Datura stramonium

Seen 2026-09-21

European Mantis

Mantis religiosa

Seen 2026-09-20

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers