Venthône

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

Overview

Venthône is a former municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021 the former municipalities of Miège, Venthône and Veyras merged to form the new municipality of Noble-Contrée.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Jean-Michel Cina

Swiss politician

R

Robert Dill-Bundi

Swiss racing cyclist (1958–2024)

L

Leó Salamin

D

Dominique Cina

Swiss association football player

G

Godefroy Zumoffen

Swiss Jesuit archaeologist and geologist (1848–1928)

N

Nestor Cerutti

entomologist (1886-1940)

W

Walter Billeter

Poet

P

Peter-Josef de Preux

Roman Catholic bishop

R

Rudolf Metry

Swiss politician (1885-1936)

O

Oswald Ruppen

(1926-1954)

F

Ferdinand von Werra

(1770-1824)

G

Gustave Cerutti

A

Andreas Steinemann

A

Antoine Advocat

(1747-1816)

P

Peter Allet

David Constantin

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

Nearby places in Valais

• Mollens
  0.7 mi away · pop. 954
• Corin-de-la-Crête
  1.9 mi away
• Montana-Village
  2 mi away · pop. 2,363
• Noës
  2.2 mi away
• Niouc
  2.7 mi away
• Chermignon-d'en-Bas
  2.8 mi away
• Chermignon-d'en-Haut
  2.9 mi away · pop. 3,092
• Crans
  2.9 mi away
• Chalais
  3 mi away · pop. 3,410
• Réchy
  3.5 mi away
• Varen
  3.8 mi away · pop. 602
• Condémines
  3.9 mi away · pop. 65

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 Venthône

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

common columbine

Aquilegia vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-24

Thanatophilus sinuatus

Thanatophilus sinuatus

Seen 2026-09-23

Purple Meadow Bush-cricket

Metrioptera saussuriana

Seen 2026-09-23

Purple Gentian

Gentiana purpurea

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

Cicindela hybrida transversalis

Cicindela hybrida transversalis

Seen 2026-09-19

European Globeflower

Trollius europaeus

Seen 2026-09-19

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

Official Identifiers