Ayent

municipality in the canton of Valais in Switzerland
AdministrativeArea municipality_of_switzerland Q70167
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Summary

Ayent is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Ayent ranks in the top 6% of municipality of switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (259 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: SGV-ACS[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Hérens District[4]
  • Country: Switzerland[5]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Lienne[6]
  • Official language: French[7]
  • Twinned administrative body: Saint-Brevin-les-Pins[8]
  • Commons category: Ayent[9]
  • Licence plate code: VS[10]
  • Local dialing code: 027[11]
  • Official website: http://www.ayent.ch[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ayent[13]
  • Population: 3975[14], 4059[15]
  • External data available at URL: https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6082[16]
  • Official name: Ayent[17]
  • List of monuments: list of cultural properties in Ayent[18]
  • Elevation above sea level: 967 m[19], 1057 m[20], 2235 m[21]
  • Area: 55.0 km²[22], 55.14 km²[23], 55.33 km²[24]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[25]

Why It Matters

Ayent has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] Ayent is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Q141599379. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . govdirectory.org. Retrieved . govdirectory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4h ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'ca', 'ceb', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fr', 'frp', 'gl', 'it'
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+55.0'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+55.14'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+55.33'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Area: 55.33 square kilometre, area from swisstopo data ([[Wikidata:Requests for permissions/Bot/OKA bot|swisstopo task]])"
  2. 10w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → http://www.ayent.ch
    Country → —
    Official language → —
    Population → —
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: A61131, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/263620|batch #263620]]"
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