Vens
Vens is a village in Val de Bagnes, Entremont District, Valais and has an elevation of 1,111 metres. Vens is situated nearby to the locality Les Perches, as well as near Chanton du Cottieu.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include La Crevasse and Col des Planches.
La Crevasse
Peak
Photo: Jojo 1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Crevasse is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, overlooking Sembrancher in the canton of Valais. It lies just east of the Col des Planches. The mountain is mostly wooded, except for its southwestern side, which consists of almost vertical cliffs.
Col des Planches
Mountain saddle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Col des Planches is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The road to the Col runs from Martigny at 471m with an average gradient of about 9%, over Col des Planches then down to Sembrancher at 717m with an average gradient of 7%…
Le Catogne
Peak
Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Le Catogne is a mountain on the extreme north-eastern edge of the Mont Blanc massif, overlooking Champex in the Swiss canton of Valais. Some sources consider this summit as being within the Pennine Alps. Le Catogne is situated 4 km south of Vens.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Luder House and Sembrancher.
Sembrancher
Village
Photo: Maurice Perry, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sembrancher is a municipality in the district of Entremont in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Bovernier
Village
Photo: Lysippos, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
Bovernier is a municipality in the district of Martigny in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Bovernier is situated 3 km west of Vens.
Vens
- Type: Village
- Also known as: “Vens (Sembrancher)”
- Category: locality
- Location: Val de Bagnes, Entremont District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.08833° or 46° 5′ 18″ northLongitude
7.12651° or 7° 7′ 35″ eastElevation
1,111 metres (3,645 feet)Open location code
8FR934QG+8JOpenStreetMap ID
node 288504277OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
7669985
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