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Also known as Sembrancher VS

Sembrancher () is a municipality in the district of Entremont in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Sembrancher
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.image_photo
Sembrancher.jpg
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Sembrancher COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Sembrancher Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton
Valais
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-VS
Swiss town.district
Entremont
Swiss town.postal_code
1933
Swiss town.municipality_code
6035
Swiss town.area
17.6
Swiss town.elevation
717
Swiss town.population
796
Swiss town.populationof
December 2002
Swiss town.popofyear
2002
Swiss town.website
www.sembrancher.ch
Swiss town.mayor
Bernard Giovanola
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Bagnes, Bovernier, Orsières, Vollèges

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12 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Coat of arms
  • Demographics
  • Sights
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Religion
  • Education
  • Transport
  • References
  • External links

Sembrancher () is a municipality in the district of Entremont in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

==History== Sembrancher is first mentioned in 1177 as Sancti Pancratii de Branchi. Its German name St Branschier is no longer used.

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

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