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Aven

Canton of Valais · District: Conthey · No published figure for the locality; the municipality of Conthey has 9'658 inhabitants (31.12.2025, provisional FSO figure)
Part of the municipality of Conthey
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Origin of the name Aven

The name of Aven, a village on the Conthey hillside, has no known explanation.

Founding of Aven

Aven is a village in the municipality of Conthey, on the slope above the Rhône plain, at 934 m, between Erde and Derborence. In the Middle Ages, it formed with Daillon, Erde and Premploz the four villages of the « mont », in the Savoyard castellany of Conthey. It is not known since when the village has existed.[1][2][4]

History of Aven

13th century. The majorie of Daillon appears, an office held in fief from the vidomne, covering the four villages of the mont, including Aven.[2]

1352. The franchises granted to the borough of Conthey allow the men and women of Aven, like those of Premploz, Erde and Vétroz, to sell the fruit of their vines and the grain of their fields inside the borough walls every Tuesday.[3]

1446. The men of the majorie buy back the office.[2]

1700. The chapel of La Barmaz is built west of the village, on the road to Derborence. It is dedicated to the Virgin and to Saints Bernard and Anthony.[5]

after 1737. The chapel of La Barmaz bears only the name of Saint Bernard.[5]

1861-1863. The chapel of Saint-Antoine is built and blessed in 1863 under the patronage of Saint Nicholas of Flüe, later replaced by Saint Anthony the Hermit. Its altar also dates from 1863.[5]

around 1954. The road to Derborence is built at Aven.[6]

Historic sites in Aven

Chapel of Saint-Bernard at La Barmaz. Chapel of 1700, west of the village on the road to Derborence.[5]

Chapel of Saint-Antoine. Chapel of 1861, recently extended on its east side. Statues of its two successive patrons, Saint Nicholas of Flüe and Saint Anthony, stand in the nave.[5]

Sources

  1. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Conthey (commune) » (François Wiblé, Maurice Terrettaz), version du 11.08.2005
  2. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Conthey (châtellenie, district) » (Maurice Terrettaz), version de 2001 remaniée le 11.03.2004
  3. Commune de Conthey, « La Porte de Saint Séverin ou Porte du Lac »
  4. Commune de Conthey, « Les villages »
  5. Office du tourisme Conthey-Région, « Les églises & chapelles »
  6. Commune de Conthey, « Images à Conthey, vingtième siècle », liste des légendes de photographies, 1999
  7. Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS), STATPOP, chiffres provisoires au 31.12.2025, via citypopulation.de
  8. geo.admin.ch, recherche de lieux de swisstopo (Aven)

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