Montana, Switzerland

Montana
Former municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Montana
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Coordinates: 46°19′N 7°29′E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Valais
District	Sierre
Government
• Mayor	Francis Tapparel
Area [1]
• Total	4.9 km^2 (1.9 sq mi)
Elevation	1,495 m (4,905 ft)
Population  (2007)
• Total	2,276
• Density	460/km^2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	3963
SFOS number	6243
Surrounded by	Chermignon, Lens, Randogne, Sierre
Website	www.montana.ch SFSO statistics

Montana was a municipality of the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

It was one of the six municipalities that form the ski resort Crans-Montana (together with Icogne, Lens, Randogne, Mollens and Chermignon).

On 1 January 2017, the former municipalities of Montana, Chermignon, Mollens and Randogne merged into the new municipality of Crans-Montana.

Montana

References

1. "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

Other websites

Media related to Montana, Switzerland at Wikimedia Commons

• Official Website Archived 2020-08-05 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
• Montana in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.