Niouc, Village in Anniviers, Switzerland
Niouc is a village in the Anniviers valley in Switzerland, the first settlement reached on the road up from Sierre. It stands at 902 m, and its territory under the former commune of Saint-Luc lay between 800 and 1000 m, enclosed by Chandolin, Sierre, Chippis and Chalais. The Niouc footbridge, also called the Spider's Bridge, is a pedestrian walkway.
Niouc is a village in the Val d'Anniviers, the first settlement reached from the Sierre road. Until the valley communes merged in 2009, it belonged to the municipality of Saint-Luc. Under Saint-Luc its territory lay between 800 and 1000 m, enclosed by Chandolin, Sierre, Chippis and Chalais; the village itself stands at 902 m.
Niouc is a village in the Val d'Anniviers, the first reached from the Sierre road; until the 2009 merger of the valley's villages it belonged to the commune of Saint-Luc. The nearby footbridge over the valley is also called the Pont de l'Araignée, the Spider's Bridge. The hamlet also has the Château de Beauregard.
Niouc is the first village at the entrance to the Val d'Anniviers coming from the Sierre road, and the locality lies between 800 and 1000 m in altitude, with the village itself at 902 m. It sits in the Anniviers municipality, formed in 2009 from the valley villages; before that it belonged to Saint-Luc.
Niouc is the first village reached when entering the Val d'Anniviers by road from Sierre, and it sits at 902 m, while the land of the locality runs from 800 to 1000 m. Before the 2009 merger of the valley's villages, it belonged to the commune of Saint-Luc, wedged between Chandolin and the communes of Sierre, Chippis and Chalais.
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