Les Agettes
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| Former municipality of Switzerland | ||
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Location of Les Agettes
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| Coordinates: 46°13′N 7°23′E / 46.217°N 7.383°ECoordinates: 46°13′N 7°23′E / 46.217°N 7.383°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Valais | |
| District | Hérens | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 5.1 km2 (2.0 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 1,002 m (3,287 ft) | |
| Population (December 2002) | ||
| • Total | 298 | |
| • Density | 58/km2 (150/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 1992 | |
| SFOS number | 6081 | |
| Surrounded by | Nendaz, Salins, Sion, Vex, Veysonnaz | |
| Website | SFSO statistics |
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Les Agettes is a former municipality in the district of Hérens in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The municipality of Les Agettes merged on 1 January 2017 into Sion.
Les Agettes is first mentioned in 1190 as Agietes.
Les Agettes had an area, as of 2009[update], of 5.1 square kilometers (2.0 sq mi). Of this area, 1.02 km2 (0.39 sq mi) or 20.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.45 km2 (1.33 sq mi) or 67.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.55 km2 (0.21 sq mi) or 10.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.05 km2 (12 acres) or 1.0% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 6.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.5%. Out of the forested land, 61.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 6.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.0% is used for growing crops and 11.4% is pastures and 7.7% is used for alpine pastures.
The former municipality was located in the Hérens district, on the slopes south of Sion and above the Rhone valley. It is composed of three small villages: Crête-à-l'Œil, La Vernaz, and Les Agettes, which range in altitude between 980 and 1,200 m (3,220 and 3,940 ft) as well as scattered alpine pastures and the vacation resort of Mayens de l'Ours (built in 1982).
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Argent a Crosier issuant and a Sword inverted in saltire in chief a Mullet of Five all Gules and Azure a Tower Argent masoned, windowed and doored Sable, overall a base Vert.
Les Agettes had a population (as of 2015[update]) of 347. As of 2008[update], 10.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 28.1%. It has changed at a rate of 24.1% due to migration and at a rate of 4.4% due to births and deaths.
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