Montana is a former municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais, Switzerland.

It was one of the six municipalities that form the ski resort Crans-Montana (together with Icogne, Lens, Randogne, Mollens and Chermignon).

[4] Montana had an area, as of 2009[update], of 4.9 square kilometers (1.9 sq mi).

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (1,883 or 81.7%) as their first language, German is the second most common (125 or 5.4%) and Italian is the third (109 or 4.7%).

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][12] The Hotel Bella Lui is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

[13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 42.96% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 872 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 59.6%.

[15] In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election a total of 848 votes were cast, of which 49 or about 5.8% were invalid.

[8] There were 1,199 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 46.3% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 188 or 20.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 22 or 2.4% were in the movement and storage of goods, 272 or 29.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 14 or 1.5% were the insurance or financial industry, 18 or 2.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 123 or 13.4% were in education and 166 or 18.1% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 1,816 or 78.8% were Roman Catholic, while 158 or 6.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

The wettest month was December during which time Montana received an average of 96 mm (3.8 in) of rain or snow.

The month with the most days of precipitation was June, with an average of 10.3, but with only 73 mm (2.9 in) of rain or snow.

The driest month of the year was April with an average of 49 mm (1.9 in) of precipitation over 7.5 days.