Chippis

Geschichte

Chippis is a municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.HistoryChippis is first mentioned in the 11th century as Sepils.GeographyChippis has an area, of 2km2. Of this area, 0.11km2 or 5.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.17km2 or 59.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.48km2 or 24.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.07km2 or 3.5% is either rivers or lakes and 0.17km2 or 8.6% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 6.6% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 10.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.5%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.5% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.5%. Out of the forested land, 57.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.0% is used for growing crops and 3.5% is pastures, while 2.0% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 3.0% is unproductive vegetation and 5.6% is too rocky for vegetation.The municipality is located in the Sierre district, on the left bank of the Rhone river.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess by a bar wavy Argent chief per pale by a pallet wavy of the same, Gules a Cog-wheel of the first, Azure a church of the first and Gules three Mullets of Five of the first.