Les Agettes

Geschichte

Les Agettes is a former municipality in the district of Hérens in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The municipality of Les Agettes merged on 1 January 2017 into Sion.HistoryLes Agettes is first mentioned in 1190 as Agietes.GeographyLes Agettes had an area, of 5.1km2. Of this area, 1.02km2 or 20.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.45km2 or 67.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.55km2 or 10.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.05km2 or 1.0% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 6.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.5%. Out of the forested land, 61.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 6.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.0% is used for growing crops and 11.4% is pastures and 7.7% is used for alpine pastures.The former municipality was located in the Hérens district, on the slopes south of Sion and above the Rhone valley. It is composed of three small villages: Crête-à-l'Œil, La Vernaz, and Les Agettes, which range in altitude between 980and as well as scattered alpine pastures and the vacation resort of Mayens de l'Ours (built in 1982).Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Argent a Crosier issuant and a Sword inverted in saltire in chief a Mullet of Five all Gules and Azure a Tower Argent masoned, windowed and doored Sable, overall a base Vert.