Crans-Montana

Crans-Montana
Aerial view of Crans-Montana
Location of Crans-Montana
Crans-Montana
Crans-Montana
Coordinates: 46°19′N 7°29′E / 46.317°N 7.483°E / 46.317; 7.483
CountrySwitzerland
CantonValais
DistrictSierre
Area
  Total
59.66 km2 (23.03 sq mi)
Highest elevation
(Schneehorn)
3,177 m (10,423 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)
  Total
10,447
  Density180/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
3971 Chermignon & Ollon
3963 Crans-sur-Sierre & Montana
3974 Mollens
3975 Randogne
SFOS number6253
ISO 3166 codeCH-VS
Surrounded byLens, Icogne, Sierre
Websitehttps://www.commune-cransmontana.ch/
SFSO statistics

Crans-Montana is a municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Chermignon, Mollens, Montana and Randogne merged to form the new municipality of Crans-Montana.

Crans-Montana is also a ski resort that was created through the fusion of the two centres of Crans and Montana and belonged to six municipalities (Chermignon, Icogne, Lens, Mollens, Montana and Randogne), four of which merged to form the municipality of Crans-Montana.