Randogne

Randogne is a municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

History

Randogne is first mentioned in 1224 as Randonni.

Geography

Randogne has an area, as of 2009, of 16.9 square kilometers (6.5 sq mi). Of this area, 4.43 km² (1.71 sq mi) or 26.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 5.24 km² (2.02 sq mi) or 31.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.05 km² (0.79 sq mi) or 12.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04 km² (9.9 acres) or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and 5.07 km² (1.96 sq mi) or 30.0% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.3%. Out of the forested land, 28.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.1% is used for growing crops and 5.4% is pastures, while 5.7% is used for orchards or vine crops and 15.1% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 6.6% is unproductive vegetation and 23.5% is too rocky for vegetation.