Grimentz
Sign in to saveGrimentz is a village in the district of Sierre in the Swiss canton of Valais. An independent municipality before, it merged on 1 January 2009 with neighboring Ayer, Chandolin, Saint Jean, Saint-Luc and Vissoie to form the municipality of Anniviers.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Grimentz
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Grimentz - août 2022.jpg
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- former
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Grimentz COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Grimentz Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Valais
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-VS
- Swiss town.within_municipality
- Anniviers
- Swiss town.district
- Sierre
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 3961
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 6237
- Swiss town.area
- 58.4
- Swiss town.elevation
- 1553
- Swiss town.population
- 385
- Swiss town.populationof
- December 2008
- Swiss town.popofyear
- 2008
- Swiss town.website
- www.grimentz.ch
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Grimentz is a village in the district of Sierre in the Swiss canton of Valais. An independent municipality before, it merged on 1 January 2009 with neighboring Ayer, Chandolin, Saint Jean, Saint-Luc and Vissoie to form the municipality of Anniviers.
==History== Grimentz is first mentioned in 1052 as Grimiens. The village was formerly known by its German name Grimensi, however, that name is no longer used.