Riddes
Sign in to saveRiddes is a municipality in the district of Martigny in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Riddes
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Riddes.jpg
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Riddes COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Riddes Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Valais
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-VS
- Swiss town.district
- Martigny
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 1908
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 6139
- Swiss town.area
- 23.9
- Swiss town.elevation
- 482
- Swiss town.population
- 2179
- Swiss town.populationof
- December 2002
- Swiss town.popofyear
- 2002
- Swiss town.website
- www.riddes.ch
- Swiss town.mayor
- Jean-Michel Gaillard
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Bagnes, Chamoson, Isérables, Leytron, Nendaz, Saillon, Saxon
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Riddes is a municipality in the district of Martigny in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
==History== Riddes is first mentioned in 1001 as Ride. It was previously known its German name Riden, though that is not used any more.