Crans-Montana

municipality in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
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Summary

Crans-Montana is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Crans-Montana ranks in the top 0.85% of municipality of switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,245 views/month, #16 of 1,875).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: SGV-ACS[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Sierre District[4]
  • Country: Switzerland[5]
  • Instance of: town[6]
  • Official language: French[7]
  • Postal code: 3963[8], 3971[9], 3974[10], 3975[11]
  • Part of: Crans Montana[12], Crans-Montana[13]
  • Commons category: Crans-Montana[14]
  • Licence plate code: VS[15]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[16], UTC+02:00[17]
  • Start time: January 1, 2017[18]
  • Significant event: 2026 Crans-Montana bar fire[19]
  • Official website: https://www.commune-cransmontana.ch/[20]
  • IPA transcription: kʁɑ̃ mɔ̃taˈna[21]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Crans-Montana[22]
  • Population: 10,447[23]
  • Office held by head of government: President of Crans-Montana[24]
  • External data available at URL: https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6253[25]
  • Replaces: Randogne[26], Chermignon[27], Mollens[28], Montana[29]
  • List of monuments: list of cultural properties in Crans-Montana[30]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Crans-Montana, Switzerland[31]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Crans-Montana, Switzerland[32]
  • Different from: Crans Montana[33], Crans-Montana[34]
  • Elevation above sea level: 1495 m[35]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[36]

Why It Matters

Crans-Montana has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Crans-Montana is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . crans-montana.ch. crans-montana.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [3] ↑ . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Historicized municipal directory of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Historicized municipal directory of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Historicized municipal directory of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Historicized municipal directory of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . 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. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
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  2. 16w ago · Lehmannro · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Flag image → CHE Crans-Montana Flag.svg
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  3. 20w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time → —
    Country → Switzerland
    Member of → SGV-ACS
    Instance of → Municipality of Switzerland, town
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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