Anniviers
Sign in to saveAnniviers is a municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It was formed through the merger of six municipalities in Val d'Anniviers: Ayer, Chandolin, Grimentz, Saint-Jean, Saint-Luc and Vissoie. The merger became effective 1 January 2009, creating the third largest municipality of Switzerland by area.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Anniviers
- Swiss town.image_photo
- chandolin.jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Village of Chandolin in the municipality of Anniviers
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Anniviers Flag.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Anniviers COA.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Valais
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-VS
- Swiss town.district
- Sierre
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 3961
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 6252
- Swiss town.area
- 243.15
- Swiss town.elevation
- 1202
- Swiss town.population
- 2371
- Swiss town.populationof
- January 2009
- Swiss town.website
- www.anniviers.org
- Swiss town.mayor
- Simon Epiney
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Agarn, Chippis, Oberems, Sierre,
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Anniviers is a municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It was formed through the merger of six municipalities in Val d'Anniviers: Ayer, Chandolin, Grimentz, Saint-Jean, Saint-Luc and Vissoie. The merger became effective 1 January 2009, creating the third largest municipality of Switzerland by area.
== History == Human settlement dates from the Bronze Age and Iron Age. The region was later occupied by Gaulish tribes, who were conquered by the Roman Empire during the first century. Under Rome the valley was incorporated into the province of Helvetia and became known as Annivesium.