Mollens
Mollens is a former municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Mollens, Chermignon, Montana and Randogne merged into the new municipality of Crans-Montana.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 954 residents
- Description: former municipality in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Mollens VS”, “Mollens, Canton of Valais, Switzerland”, and “Mollens, Valais”
- Postal code: 3974
Places of Interest
Highlights include Château de Muzot and Saint-Sébastien church.
Château de Muzot
Castle
Photo: Nouchka, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Château de Muzot is a 13th-century fortified manor house located near Veyras in Switzerland's Rhone Valley. In 1921, it was purchased by Swiss merchant and arts patron Werner Reinhart who then invited Bohemian-Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke to live there rent-free.
Sierre/Siders railway station
Railway station
Photo: Albins, Public domain.
Sierre/Siders railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Sierre, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the Simplon line and is served by local and long-distance trains. Sierre/Siders railway station is situated 3 km south of Mollens.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Venthône and Randogne.
Venthône
Village
Photo: Jeremy.toma, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Venthône is a former municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021 the former municipalities of Miège, Venthône and Veyras merged to form the new municipality of Noble-Contrée.
Randogne
Village
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.
Veyras
Village
Photo: Nouchka, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Veyras is a former municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021 the former municipalities of Miège, Venthône and Veyras merged to form the new municipality of Noble-Contrée.
Mollens
- Categories: Ortschaft, former municipality of Switzerland, and locality
- Location: Crans Montana, Sierre District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.31538° or 46° 18′ 55″ northLongitude
7.52011° or 7° 31′ 12″ eastPopulation
954Elevation
1,079 metres (3,540 feet)Open location code
8FR98G8C+52OpenStreetMap ID
node 240094129OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
8469023Wikidata ID
Q70353
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Mollens” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Mollens (VS)”
- Albanian: “Mollens”
- Arpitan: “Moleng”
- Basque: “Mollens (VS)”
- Basque: “Mollens”
- Catalan: “Mollens”
- Cebuano: “Mollens (munisipyo sa Swisa, Canton du Valais)”
- Cebuano: “Mollens”
- Chinese: “莫朗”
- Dutch: “Mollens VS”
- Dutch: “Mollens”
- Esperanto: “Mollens VS”
- French: “Mollens”
- German: “Aminona-sur-Sierre”
- German: “Aminona”
- German: “Mollens VS”
- German: “Mollens”
- Hungarian: “Mollens (VS)”
- Irish: “Mollens”
- Italian: “Mollens”
- Lombard: “Mollens”
- Malay: “Mollens (VS)”
- Malay: “Mollens, Valais”
- Malay: “Mollens”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mollens i Valais”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Mollens”
- Piemontese: “Mollens”
- Portuguese: “Mollens”
- Romansh: “Mollens”
- Spanish: “Mollens”
- Swedish: “Mollens, Valais”
- Swedish: “Mollens”
- Ukrainian: “Моланс”
- Upper Sorbian: “Mollens”
- Volapük: “Mollens”
- Waray (Philippines): “Mollens, Valais”
- Waray (Philippines): “Mollens”
- Welsh: “Mollens”
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