Sembrancher: Entremont (District) - Tapa blanda

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Sembrancher is a municipality in the district of Entremont in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Sembrancher has an area, as of 2011, of 17.7 square kilometers (6.8 sq mi). Of this area, 17.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 63.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 4.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and 15.3% is unproductive land. The municipality is the capital of the district of Entremont. It is located at the confluence of the Dranse de Bagnes and the Dranse d'Entremont along the road over the Great St Bernard Pass. It lies about 10 km (6.2 mi) distant from Verbier ski resort and Martigny.