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Ski and Sun
Start of a sunset while skiing down the mountain in crans montana. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Start of a sunset while skiing down the mountain in crans montana
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Crans-Montana
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Crans-Montana.
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Crans-Montana is a municipality and ski resort in the predominantly French-speaking district of Sierre in the canton of Valais, Switzerland.
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1228
Work and settlement beneath the snowline
Chermignon is first mentioned in 1228 as Chermenon and Chirminon.
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2020
A route reaches Crans-Montana
Hamlets (frazioni): Chermignon: Champzabé, Chermignon d'en Bas, Chermignon d'en Haut, Crans-sur-Sierre, Ollon Mollens: Aminona, Conzor, Cordona, Laques, Saint-Maurice-de-Laques Montana: Champzabé, Corin, Diogne, Montana-Vermala Randogne: Bluche, Darnona, Loc, Montana-Station, Montana-Vermala The municipality has a population (as of December 2020) of 10,218.
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BELLA LUI ski run
BELLA LUI ski run in Swiss Alps near Crans Montana. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- BELLA LUI ski run in Swiss Alps near Crans Montana
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
ORGANISED SPORT
Winter becomes organised
The ski resort Crans-Montana was created through the fusion of the two centres of Crans and Montana, and is split between three municipalities, namely Crans-Montana, Icogne, and Lens.
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THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Crans-Montana is recorded at 46.311° N, 7.486° E. Its catalogue reference reaches 2,927 metres. A modern resort map compresses terrain, exposure and access into a diagram. This exhibition keeps the underlying contour visible so the place does not become only a list of facilities.
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Ski and Sun
Start of a sunset while skiing down the mountain in crans montana. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Start of a sunset while skiing down the mountain in crans montana
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
TODAY
Crans-Montana now
Crans-Montana is famous in alpine ski racing for the 1987 World Championships and is often on the World Cup schedule, usually for women's speed events.
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THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
Ski and Sun
AOD.EU.CRANS-MONTANA.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
BELLA LUI ski run
AOD.EU.CRANS-MONTANA.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Crans-Montana overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.