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Ayent
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Also known as Ayent VS, Agent, Argenta

Ayent () is a municipality in the district of Hérens in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Ayent
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.image_photo
Anzere02.jpg
Swiss town.image_caption
Anzère village
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Ayent Flag.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Ayent COA.svg
Swiss town.canton
Valais
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-VS
Swiss town.district
Hérens
Swiss town.postal_code
1966
Swiss town.municipality_code
6082
Swiss town.area
55.1
Swiss town.elevation
967
Swiss town.highest
Wildhorn
Swiss town.highest_m
3247
Swiss town.lowest
hameau de la Maya
Swiss town.lowest_m
508
Swiss town.population
3516

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Demographics
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Religion
  • Education
  • References
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Ayent () is a municipality in the district of Hérens in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

==History== The Ayent area is first mentioned in 1052 as Agent. In 1250 it was mentioned as Argenta.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ayent” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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