Icogne

Geschichte

Icogne is a municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.HistoryIcogne is first mentioned in 1233 as Ucogni. In 1249 it was mentioned as Ucogniez.GeographyIcogne has an area, of 24.8km2. Of this area, 3.6km2 or 14.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 7.7km2 or 31.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.61km2 or 2.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.57km2 or 2.3% is either rivers or lakes and 12.5km2 or 50.4% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.8%. Out of the forested land, 27.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.2% is used for growing crops and 3.4% is pastures and 10.8% is used for alpine pastures. Of the water in the municipality, 1.5% is in lakes and 0.8% is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 12.0% is unproductive vegetation and 37.6% is too rocky for vegetation.The municipality is located in the Sierre district, between Ayent to the west and Lens to the east and on the left bank of the Lienne river. It consists of the village of Icogne and a portion of the ski resort of Crans-Montana. In 1905 it separated from Lens and became an independent municipality.The reservoir Lac de Tseuzier is located on the border with Ayent.