Noble-Contrée is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the district of

Sierre Sierre (; german: Siders, ; frp, Siérro, ) is the capital municipality of the district of Sierre, located in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It has a population of 16,332. Sierre is nicknamed City of the Sun (french: Cité du Soleil) for i ...

in the canton of

Valais Valais ( , , ; frp, Valês; german: Wallis ), more formally the Canton of Valais,; german: Kanton Wallis; in other official Swiss languages outside Valais: it, (Canton) Vallese ; rm, (Chantun) Vallais. is one of the cantons of Switzerland, 26 ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. On 1 January 2021 the former municipalities of

Miège Miège () is a former municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021 the former municipalities of Miège, Venthône and Veyras merged to form the new municipality of Noble-Contrée. History ...

Venthône Venthône is a former Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Sierre (district), Sierre in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021 the former municipalities of Miège, Venthône and Veyr ...

and Veyras merged to form the new municipality of Noble-Contrée.

History

Miège

Miège is first mentioned in 1226 as ''Mieio''. The municipality was formerly known by its German name ''Miesen'', however, that name is no longer used.

Venthône

Veyras

Geography

After the merger, Noble-Contrée has an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey), of .

Demographics

The new municipality has a population () of .

Historic Population

The historical population is given in the following chart: Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width:1100 height:500 PlotArea = height:350 left:100 bottom:90 right:100 Legend = columns:3 left:220 top:70 columnwidth:160 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:4500 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:500 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:100 start:0 Colors= id:MI value:yellowgreen legend:Miège id:VE value:green legend:Venthône id:VEY value:blue legend:Veyras PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:30 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1850 from: 0 till:283 text:"283" color:MI bar:1860 from: 0 till:296 text:"296" color:MI bar:1870 from: 0 till:325 text:"325" color:MI bar:1880 from: 0 till:326 text:"326" color:MI bar:1888 from: 0 till:377 text:"377" color:MI bar:1900 from: 0 till:438 text:"438" color:MI bar:1910 from: 0 till:462 text:"462" color:MI bar:1920 from: 0 till:436 text:"436" color:MI bar:1930 from: 0 till:499 text:"499" color:MI bar:1941 from: 0 till:569 text:"569" color:MI bar:1950 from: 0 till:591 text:"591" color:MI bar:1960 from: 0 till:560 text:"560" color:MI bar:1970 from: 0 till:614 text:"614" color:MI bar:1980 from: 0 till:653 text:"653" color:MI bar:1990 from: 0 till:828 text:"828" color:MI bar:2000 from: 0 till:913 text:"913" color:MI bar:2010 from: 0 till:1225 text:"1225" color:MI bar:1850 from: 283 till:680 text:"397" color:VE bar:1860 from: 296 till:689 text:"393" color:VE bar:1870 from: 325 till:720 text:"395" color:VE bar:1880 from: 326 till:727 text:"401" color:VE bar:1888 from: 377 till:840 text:"463" color:VE bar:1900 from: 438 till:930 text:"492" color:VE bar:1910 from: 462 till:939 text:"477" color:VE bar:1920 from: 436 till:906 text:"470" color:VE bar:1930 from: 499 till:975 text:"476" color:VE bar:1941 from: 569 till:1076 text:"507" color:VE bar:1950 from: 591 till:1090 text:"499" color:VE bar:1960 from: 560 till:1029 text:"469" color:VE bar:1970 from: 614 till:1093 text:"479" color:VE bar:1980 from: 653 till:1287 text:"634" color:VE bar:1990 from: 828 till:1649 text:"821" color:VE bar:2000 from: 913 till:1848 text:"935" color:VE bar:2010 from: 1225 till:2410 text:"1185" color:VE bar:1850 from: 680 till:745 text:"65" color:VEY bar:1860 from: 689 till:842 text:"153" color:VEY bar:1870 from: 720 till:864 text:"144" color:VEY bar:1880 from: 727 till:805 text:"78" color:VEY bar:1888 from: 840 till:946 text:"106" color:VEY bar:1900 from: 930 till:1043 text:"113" color:VEY bar:1910 from: 939 till:1094 text:"155" color:VEY bar:1920 from: 906 till:1042 text:"136" color:VEY bar:1930 from: 975 till:1187 text:"212" color:VEY bar:1941 from: 1076 till:1378 text:"302" color:VEY bar:1950 from: 1090 till:1437 text:"347" color:VEY bar:1960 from: 1029 till:1463 text:"434" color:VEY bar:1970 from: 1093 till:1823 text:"730" color:VEY bar:1980 from: 1287 till:2291 text:"1004" color:VEY bar:1990 from: 1649 till:2996 text:"1347" color:VEY bar:2000 from: 1848 till:3270 text:"1422" color:VEY bar:2010 from: 2410 till:4173 text:"1763" color:VEY

Heritage sites of national significance

The

Tower A tower is a tall Nonbuilding structure, structure, taller than it is wide, often by a significant factor. Towers are distinguished from guyed mast, masts by their lack of guy-wires and are therefore, along with tall buildings, self-supporting ...

in Venthône listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance. The entire village of Venthône is part of the

Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites The Federal Inventory of Heritage Sites (ISOS) is part of a 1981 Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Council implementing the Federal Law on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage. Sites of national importance Types The types are based on t ...

References

External links

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