Randogne

Geschichte

Randogne is a former municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Chermignon, Mollens, Montana and Randogne merged to form the new municipality of Crans-Montana.HistoryRandogne is first mentioned in 1224 as Randonni.GeographyRandogne had an area, of 16.9km2. Of this area, 4.43km2 or 26.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 5.24km2 or 31.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.05km2 or 12.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04km2 or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and 5.07km2 or 30.0% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.3%. Out of the forested land, 28.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.1% is used for growing crops and 5.4% is pastures, while 5.7% is used for orchards or vine crops and 15.1% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 6.6% is unproductive vegetation and 23.5% is too rocky for vegetation.The former municipality is located in the Sierre district, on the northern slope of the Rhone valley. The municipality goes from the Rhone valley at an elevation of 540m to Mont Bonvin at 2995m. It consists of the village of Randogne (which was rebuilt in stone after the destructive fire of 1898), the village of Loc, portions of the village of Darnona and Bluche, as well as the majority of the resort of Montana-Vermala and Montana-Station.