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Tignousa

Site Canton of Valais · District: Sierre · Uninhabited site (municipality of Anniviers)
Part of the municipality of Saint-Luc
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Origin of the name Tignousa

Tignousa is a locality above Saint-Luc whose name has never been explained.[4]

Founding of Tignousa

Tignousa is not a village. It is a locality above Saint-Luc, a former municipality of the Val d'Anniviers that has been part of the municipality of Anniviers since the 2009 merger. Its known history begins with the ski lifts: a Saint-Luc company ran a chairlift up to it from 1964, then applied to replace it with a funicular. An observatory and a trail devoted to the planets were laid out near the top station.[1][2][3]

History of Tignousa

1964. On 26 May the Federal Department of Transport, Communications and Energy grants the concession for a chairlift from Saint-Luc (La Combettaz) to Tignousa. The Société du télésiège Saint-Luc - Bella-Tola runs it from that year, summer and winter.[1]

1984. On 28 May the chairlift concession is renewed until 2004.[1]

1993. On 15 March the Federal Council proposes a concession for a Saint-Luc - Tignousa funicular to replace the chairlift, then almost 30 years old: a 1'281 m route, two cars of 80 places, a cost of 11 million francs.[1]

1995. Inauguration of the François-Xavier Bagnoud observatory, wanted by Albina du Boisrouvray and Bruno Bagnoud, the parents of François-Xavier.[2]

Historic sites in Tignousa

François-Xavier Bagnoud observatory. At 2'200 m above Saint-Luc, it is reached from the top station of the Saint-Luc - Tignousa funicular.[2]

Planet trail. A 6 km trail between 2'200 and 2'500 m, starting at the observatory and presenting the nine planets of the solar system.[2]

Sources

  1. Conseil fédéral, « Message concernant l'octroi d'une concession pour le funiculaire Saint-Luc - Tignousa » (15.03.1993), Feuille fédérale 1993 I 1456
  2. Fondation François-Xavier Bagnoud, « Observatoire FXB de Saint-Luc (Valais, Suisse) »
  3. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Anniviers, val d' » (Danielle Allet-Zwissig, version du 13.03.2017)
  4. geo.admin.ch, recherche de lieux (coordonnées)

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