Commune d'Anniviers

What Commune d'Anniviers does

Commune d'Anniviers is a Swiss municipal government entity formed on January 1, 2009 through the merger of six former communes in the Val d'Anniviers valley in canton Valais. Headquartered in Vissoie, the commune administers 15 villages and hamlets across the alpine valley, employing approximately 39 administrative staff to serve both permanent residents and a secondary homeowner population anchored in part by ski resort localities such as Grimentz.

The commune delivers standard local public services including waste management, civil registry administration, building permit processing, hall rentals, and out-of-home childcare through the La Mijonèta UAPE facility (capacity approximately 35 children). Its operational layer is increasingly digitized: citizens access services through the Guichet virtuel virtual counter, the Kibe platform, and the BochFlow workflow tool, with an SMS alert channel for community notifications, and an eConstruction platform for electronic building permit submission launching in February 2025. The commune is also pursuing a renewable energy buildout via a solar park project at Grimentz.

Revenue is generated through a mix of municipal taxes and user-pay service fees covering waste (under the taxe au sac regime implemented in 2018), building permits, hall rentals, and childcare. As a statutory local authority, the commune operates as a non-competing monopoly provider of administrative services within its territory, with revenue predictability driven by its tax base and demographic/tourism exposure rather than by commercial customer contracts.

Name

Commune d'Anniviers

Legal name

Commune d'Anniviers

Website

https://anniviers.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Commune d'Anniviers is a Swiss municipal government in canton Valais administering 15 alpine villages, providing waste management, childcare, building permits, and digital public services funded by taxes and service fees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (925), Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (92512)

SIC

Services-Child Day Care Services (8351), Services-Social Services (8300), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Housing & Neighborhood Services (Local Housing Programs) (BPAIACAJ)

Keywords

• Municipal administration services
• Waste management services
• Public childcare services
• Community sports facilities
• Civic emergency alerts

Headquarters

HQ city

Vissoie

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Taxes on waste (taxe au sac): Residents pay for taxed waste bags (17L to 110L capacity) and an annual base fee scaled by dwelling size (1-2 rooms: CHF 140; 3 rooms: CHF 170; 4 rooms: CHF 180; 5 rooms: CHF 190; 6+ rooms: CHF 200). Introduced in 2018.
2. Waste disposal fees: Déchetterie (waste sorting facility) charges CHF 20 per entry for vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes. Prepaid cards available in 1, 2, 3, or 5-pass bundles.
3. Green waste disposal fees: Weight-based billing for green waste at Pattier-Prijes site: CHF 1.50 per 10kg tranche, minimum CHF 3 per passage (first 20kg free). VAT of 8.1% applies.
4. Childcare fees: Crèche, nurserie, and UAPE (Unité d'accueil pour écoliers) services charged to parents based on contracted care hours and family income.
5. Building and construction fees: Building permits, water connection fees, and energy-related construction approvals generate fees. Electronic building permit submissions via the cantonal eConstruction platform from February 2025.
6. Real estate and municipal taxes: Standard Swiss municipal tax revenue collected from residents and property owners including dog tax (impôt sur le chien) and residence-related levies.
7. Rental income from communal halls: Revenue from renting communal halls and event spaces (salles communales) to residents and visitors for private and public events.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Commune d'Anniviers is a Swiss municipality providing public administration and essential local services to the residents of 15 villages in the Val d'Anniviers valley. It delivers civil registry, voting administration, building permits, waste collection and recycling, drinking water, road maintenance, social services, childcare (nursery, crèche, UAPE), sports and cultural infrastructure, and emergency SMS alerts through a network of physical proximity offices and digital portals.

Product overview

The Commune d'Anniviers operates as a merged Swiss municipality (formed January 1, 2009 from Ayer, Chandolin, Grimentz, Saint-Jean, Saint-Luc, and Vissoie) offering public services through its website and physical offices. The digital platform provides access to administrative services (guichet virtuel), waste management with taxed bags and recycling, childcare facilities (La Mijonèta with nursery, crèche, and UAPE sectors), community venues for rent, sports infrastructure including ice rinks, SMS emergency alerts, and energy transition support. The municipality serves residents and secondary homeowners in the Val d'Anniviers region of Canton Valais.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Virtual Administrative Counter (Guichet Virtuel)

Quantifiable outcome

• Green waste disposal centralization achieves cost efficiency through rational, single-site management and local valorization by Triage Forestier d'Anniviers
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• Grimentz-Zinal ski lifts (Remontées mécaniques)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Grimentz-Zinal ski lifts (remontées mécaniques) collaborate with the commune on the planned Parc solaire des Grands-Plans alpine solar project, located near the télésiège des Grands-Plans. The ski domain provides the site on alpine pasture land at 2,450m altitude.
• OikenmajorTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2023Oiken is a project partner in the Parc solaire des Grands-Plans alpine solar development, contributing to energy distribution and grid integration for the 130,000 m² photovoltaic installation.
• AlpiqmajorTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2023Alpiq is a project partner in the Parc solaire des Grands-Plans alpine solar development, contributing to energy distribution and grid integration for the 130,000 m² photovoltaic installation at 2,450m altitude.
• Cnoté Mobile Solutions SAcoreTechnology or IntegrationCnoté Mobile Solutions SA provides the technical infrastructure for the Commune's SMS alert service, enabling targeted and personalized SMS notifications to residents and secondary homeowners for emergency situations including evacuations, water pollution, and natural hazard warnings.
• ENEVI (Usine de traitement des ordures du Valais central)coreOthersENEVI operates the central waste treatment plant for central Valais, receiving household waste collected by communal services, combustible bulky waste from industries and artisanship, residual sludge from communal treatment plants, and glass from communes and businesses. Anniviers is subject to cantonal waste regulations (OLED, PCGD) governing its use of ENEVI.
• Triage Forestier d'AnnivierscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal forestry enterprise (Triage Forestier d'Anniviers) operates the Pattier-Prijes green waste disposal site, performing on-site valorization of deposited green waste to avoid transport and recycling costs. Contact: +41 27 475 2134.
• Kibe (Ciges)coreTechnology or IntegrationKibe (operated by Ciges) provides the parent-facing childcare service portal (kiben.ciges.ch) for online registration and management of nursery, crèche, and UAPE services. Anniviers structure d'accueil uses this portal for parent communications and service booking.
• La Récup' (Valais romand reuse association)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLa Récup' is a non-profit association in Valais romand (LaRecupVS.ch) that enables residents to donate and receive reusable objects for free. The commune promotes this platform as part of its waste reduction and community-building strategy.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Gemeinde Leukerbad: Valais spa and tourism commune operating municipal services across dispersed alpine settlements, with comparable reliance on tourism/secondary-home revenue and similar service portfolio.
• Commune d'Hérémence: Small Valais alpine commune with similar governance challenges of dispersed mountain villages, providing core municipal services and increasingly investing in renewable energy infrastructure.
• Commune de Crans-Montana: Another merged Valais mountain commune in the Sierre district that provides comparable municipal services (waste, childcare, sports, tourism infrastructure) across multiple alpine villages and a major ski resort.
• Commune de Nendaz: Valais commune with multiple villages and hamlets serving both permanent residents and a significant secondary-homeowner/tourism base, with very similar service portfolio and proximity office model.
• Gemeinde Zermatt: Iconic Swiss Alpine tourism commune delivering municipal services, waste, childcare, and infrastructure to a heavily tourism- and secondary-homeowner-driven population, comparable in operational structure to Anniviers.
• Commune de Val de Bagnes (Verbier): Large Valais mountain commune centered on the Verbier ski resort, offering the same blend of municipal administration, waste management, childcare, and tourism-aligned infrastructure to a dispersed alpine population.
• Gemeinde Saas-Fee: Tourism-dominated Alpine commune providing full municipal services (waste, childcare, sports infrastructure, energy transition) to a small year-round population with large visitor/secondary-home presence.

Regional players

• Gemeinde Grindelwald: Bernese Oberland alpine tourism commune with comparable municipal service delivery to dispersed villages and major ski/hiking tourism, but operating under a different cantonal framework.
• Gemeinde Pontresina: Graubünden alpine resort commune delivering similar municipal services to a tourism/secondary-homeowner-heavy population; comparable scale and service mix but different canton.
• Gemeinde Silvaplana: Small Graubünden alpine municipality with tourism-driven economy and similar municipal service portfolio (waste, childcare, sports) to dispersed village population.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/anniviers

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