Grône
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Grône is a municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Grône
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Grône - mai 2023.jpg
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Grône COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Grône Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Valais
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-VS
- Swiss town.district
- Sierre
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 3979
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 6238
- Swiss town.area
- 21.1
- Swiss town.elevation
- 513
- Swiss town.population
- 2002
- Swiss town.populationof
- December 2002
- Swiss town.popofyear
- 2002
- Swiss town.website
- www.grone.ch
- Swiss town.mayor
- Marcel Bayard
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Chalais, Nax, Anniviers, Saint-Léonard, Sierre, Sion
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Municipality of Switzerland
- Official name
- Grône
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Sierre District
- Official language
- French
- Population
- 2556
- Area
- 20.3
- Elevation
- 1742
- Body of water
- Rhône
- Official website
- www.grone.ch
- Image
- Grône - mai 2023.jpg
- Dialing code
- 027
- Licence plate code
- VS
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- Commons category
- Grône
- topic's main category
- Category:Grône
- postal code
- 3979
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6238
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Demographics
- Politics
- Economy
- Religion
- Education
- References
- External links
Grône is a municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
==History== Grône is first mentioned around 1001–1100 as in Gruona. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Grün, however, that name is no longer used.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grône” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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