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Chermignon

Canton of Valais · District: Sierre · 2'711 inhabitants (2000, former municipality of Chermignon, last figure before the merger)
Part of the municipality of Crans-Montana
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Origin of the name Chermignon

The name appears in 1228 as « Chermenon » and « Chirminon ». What the name means is not yet known.[1]

Founding of Chermignon

The territory, on the right bank of the Rhône, has been settled from the plain since the Neolithic. It included the villages of Chermignon d'en Haut (1'168 m) and Chermignon d'en Bas (927 m), the hamlets of Champzabé (595 m) and Ollon, and part of Crans-sur-Sierre (1'460 m). Chermignon has no founding act of its own: for centuries it formed, with Montana and Icogne, one of the quarters of the large community of Lens, in the dizain of Sierre, and belonged to the large parish of Lens. Only in the 20th century did it break away, first as a municipality, then as a parish.[1][2][3]

History of Chermignon

Neolithic. The territory is settled from the plain.[1]

1228. Mentioned as « Chermenon » and « Chirminon ».[1]

14th century. Chermignon belongs, with Icogne and Montana, to the autonomous community of Lens.[2]

1851. A decree of the Grand Council unites the quarters of Lens into a single municipality.[2]

1888. The census reportedly counts 609 inhabitants in Chermignon, out of 2'249 in the large municipality of Lens.

1899. A popular vote concerns the future of the sections: Lens reportedly wants to keep the four sections, while the others favour separation.

1905. Chermignon becomes a municipality separate from Lens.[1][2]

1906. Opening of a golf course at Crans.[1]

1912. Opening of the first hotels.[1]

1948. Chermignon separates from the large parish of Lens and becomes a parish.[1][2]

1952. Construction of the church of Saint-Georges.[1]

1990. The primary sector now employs only 5 % of the working population (87 % in 1910). The service sector provides 73 % of jobs.[1]

2017. On 1 January Chermignon merges with Mollens, Montana and Randogne to form the municipality of Crans-Montana.[3]

Population of Chermignon

Sources and references: [1]

Population of Chermignon
1850522 inhabitants
1910848 inhabitants
19501'330 inhabitants
20002'711 inhabitants

Historic sites in Chermignon

Church of Saint-Georges. Church built in 1952, four years after Chermignon became a parish separate from that of Lens.[1]

Chermignon d'en Haut and Chermignon d'en Bas. The two main villages of the former municipality, at 1'168 m and 927 m, together with the hamlets of Champzabé and Ollon lower down the slope.[1]

Crans-sur-Sierre. Part of the resort, at 1'460 m, belonged to Chermignon. A golf course has existed here since 1906 and the first hotels opened in 1912.[1]

Sources

  1. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Chermignon » (Danielle Allet-Zwissig, version du 12.01.2017)
  2. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Lens » (Serge Praplan, version du 13.03.2017)
  3. Commune de Crans-Montana, « La Commune de Crans-Montana »
  4. geo.admin.ch, recherche de lieux (coordonnées)

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