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Also known as Mont-Noble VS

Mont-Noble () is a municipality in the district of Hérens in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It was created on 1 January 2011 through the merger of the municipalities of Mase, Vernamiège and Nax.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Mont-Noble
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.image_photo
Nax.jpg
Swiss town.image_caption
Nax village
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Mont-Noble COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Mont-Noble Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton
Valais
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-VS
Swiss town.district
Hérens
Swiss town.postal_code
1973
Swiss town.municipality_code
6090
Swiss town.area
43.0
Swiss town.elevation
1286

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Demographics
  • Historic Population
  • Sights
  • Economy
  • Notable people
  • References
  • External links

Mont-Noble () is a municipality in the district of Hérens in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It was created on 1 January 2011 through the merger of the municipalities of Mase, Vernamiège and Nax.

==History== Mase is first mentioned about 1100 as villa Magis. Until 1902 it was known as Mage. Nax is first mentioned around 1001-1100 as Nas. Nax's village church collapsed in 1909 during a service, killing 31 and injuring 50.

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

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