Chamoson
Sign in to saveChamoson () is a municipality in the district of Conthey in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Chamoson
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Eglise St-Pierre-de-Clages Suisse.jpg
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Chamoson Flag.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Chamoson COA.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Valais
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-VS
- Swiss town.district
- Conthey
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 1955
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 6022
- Swiss town.area
- 32.5
- Swiss town.elevation
- 600-2500
- Swiss town.population
- 2613
- Swiss town.populationof
- December 2002
- Swiss town.popofyear
- 2002
- Swiss town.website
- www.chamoson.ch
- Swiss town.mayor
- Claude Crittin
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Ardon, Bex (VD), Conthey, Leytron, Nendaz, Riddes
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Chamoson () is a municipality in the district of Conthey in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
==History== Chamoson is first mentioned in 1050 as Camusia. In 1233 it was mentioned as Scamosun. thumb|Historic aerial photograph by Werner Friedli from 1955