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Rhone Valley in Fog 009
Rhone Valley in the fog, canton Valais (view from Haute-Nendaz). This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Rhone Valley in the fog, canton Valais (view from Haute-Nendaz)
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Nendaz
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Nendaz.
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Nendaz is a municipality in the district of Conthey in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
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BEFORE TOURISM
Work and settlement beneath the snowline
Of the rest of the land, 4.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and 37.0% is unproductive land.
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ACCESS CHANGES
A route reaches Nendaz
In the tertiary sector; 142 or 18.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 79 or 10.2% were in the movement and storage of goods, 190 or 24.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 0.3% were in the information industry, 29 or 3.7% were the insurance or financial industry, 82 or 10.6% were technical professionals or scientists, 55 or 7.1% were in education and 59 or 7.6% were in health care.
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View on the Dent de Nendaz from the oven place of Vétroz
View on the Dent de Nendaz from the oven place of Vétroz. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- View on the Dent de Nendaz from the oven place of Vétroz
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
2014
Winter becomes organised
Official website (in French) Tourism website (in English) Neige Aventure - Official Ski School Nendaz OnTheMountain Pro - BASI Ski & Snowboard Instructor Training Nendaz Archived 2014-09-12 at the Wayback Machine
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THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Nendaz is recorded at 46.186° N, 7.306° E. Its catalogue reference reaches 3,330 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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Open ledger · AOD.EU.NENDAZ.V00 · ORIGINALClose ledger · AOD.EU.NENDAZ.V00
Ledger AOD.EU.NENDAZ.V00
Rhone Valley in Fog 009
Rhone Valley in the fog, canton Valais (view from Haute-Nendaz). This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Rhone Valley in the fog, canton Valais (view from Haute-Nendaz)
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
TODAY
Nendaz now
The historical population is given in the following chart: In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 42.83% of the vote.
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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
Rhone Valley in Fog 009
AOD.EU.NENDAZ.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
View on the Dent de Nendaz from the oven place of Vétroz
AOD.EU.NENDAZ.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Nendaz overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.