Municipality · Valais
Crans-Montana is a municipality and ski resort in the predominantly French-speaking district of Sierre in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. The municipality was formed through the merger of Chermignon, Mollens, Montana and Randogne municipalities on 1 January 2017. 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.
The vacancy rate is 0.56%, 46% below the cantonal average (1.04 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 115% (2026), roughly the average of the canton's municipalities (116.8 %). A single person without children on a gross wage of CHF 100'000 pays CHF 12'839 a year in canton, municipality and personal tax (tax year 2026, without church, federal and wealth tax). On the mean of the municipalities weighted by residents it is CHF 13'282 in the canton and CHF 12'251 in Switzerland. Median taxable income of all taxpayers is CHF 25'800 (tax period 2022). Crans-Montana has 10'782 residents (2025).
Sources: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Swiss Federal Tax Administration (FTA).
Annual mean 6.3°C with 834 mm of rain. Warmest in July (15.0°C), coldest in January (-1.6°C). Station: Montana, 1423 m.
Sunshine
2'141 h
Precipitation
834 mm
Montana · 1423 m.a.s.l. · 1991–2020 normals · Source: MeteoSchweiz
Mean annual temperature at Sion has risen by +2.6°C between the first 30 observed years (1864–1893) and the most recent (1996–2025).
Sion · 482 m.a.s.l. · 1864–2025 · Source: MeteoSchweiz NBCN
Source: FSO
4.8 kmCHF 1'000.–/month
5.5 kmCHF 1'950.–/week
5.6 kmCHF 900.–/week
5.6 kmCHF 2'500.–/week
5.6 kmCHF 3'500.–/month
6.3 kmCHF 2'500.–/week
7.9 kmPrice on request
