Grimentz

Geschichte

Grimentz is a village in the district of Sierre in the Swiss canton of Valais. An independent municipality before, it merged on 1 January 2009 with neighboring Ayer, Chandolin, Saint Jean, Saint-Luc and Vissoie to form the municipality of Anniviers.HistoryGrimentz is first mentioned in 1052 as Grimiens. The village was formerly known by its German name Grimensi, however, that name is no longer used.GeographyLac de Moiry is a reservoir completed 1958. Lac des Autannes is located at an elevation of 2686m. Grimentz lies at 1620m altitude above sea level.The village lies in the Val d'Anniviers in the Pennine Alps.Coat of armsThe blazon of the village coat of arms is Azure between two Mullets of Four Argent a semi-orb sinister of the same and on the chief of the last four Mullets of Five of the first.DemographicsGrimentz has a population of 385. Most of the population speaks French (373 or 92.3%) as their first language, Portuguese is the second most common (16 or 4.0%) and German is the third (9 or 2.2%). There are 2 people who speak Italian.