What is Veyras, Switzerland?
{{For|the commune in Ardèche|Veyras, Ardèche}} {{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Veyras | municipality_name = Veyras | municipality_type = former | imagepath_coa = Veyras.png|pixel_coa= | map = Karte Gemeinde Veyras.png | languages = French | canton = Valais | iso-code-region = CH-VS | district = [[Sierre (district)|Sierre]] | coordinates={{coord|46|18|N|7|32|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 3960 | municipality_code = 6250 | area = 1.5 | elevation = 645|elevation_description= | population = 1586 | populationof = Dec 2002 | popofyear = 2002 | website = www.veyras.ch | mayor = Gérard Salamin |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= [[Miège]], [[Salgesch]], [[Sierre]], [[Venthône]] | twintowns = }} '''Veyras''' was a [[municipality]] in the [[district]] of [[Sierre (district)|Sierre]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Valais]] in [[Switzerland]]. On 1 January 2021, the former municipalities of [[Miège]], [[Venthône]] and Veyras merged to form the new municipality of [[Noble-Contrée]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.agvchapp.bfs.admin.ch/de/home |title=Applikation der Schweizer Gemeinden |year=2021 | work=bfs.admin.ch | publisher=Swiss Federal Statistical Office |accessdate= 5 January 2021}}</ref> [[File:Maison rilke.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Château de Muzot]] near Veyras, where poet Rainer Maria Rilke completed the ''Duino Elegies'' in 1922]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commonscat-inline|Veyras}} * [http://www.veyras.ch Official website] {{in lang|fr}} {{Switzerland-stub}} [[Category:Former municipalities of Valais]]