Saint-Maurice, Switzerland

Saint-Maurice
Saint-Maurice
Municipality
	View of Saint-Maurice with the Dent du Salantin (left) and the Dents du Midi in the background
	Coat of arms
	Location of Saint-Maurice
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	Coordinates: 46°13′N 7°0′E / 46.217°N 7.000°E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Valais
District	Saint-Maurice
Area
• Total	7.18 km2 (2.77 sq mi)
Elevation	414 m (1,358 ft)
Population (31 December 2018)
• Total	4,571
• Density	640/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	1890
SFOS number	6217
ISO 3166 code	CH-VS
Surrounded by	Bex (VD), Collonges, Evionnaz, Lavey-Morcles (VD), Massongex, Mex, Vérossaz
Website	www.saint-maurice.ch ; SFSO statistics

Aerial views of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland at twilight including the Abbey of Saint-Maurice d'Agaune and Chapel of Notre-Dame-du-Scex.

Saint-Maurice is a city in the Swiss canton of Valais and the capital of the district of Saint-Maurice. On 1 January 2013, the former municipality of Mex merged into the municipality of Saint-Maurice.^[3]

Saint-Maurice is the site of the Ancient Roman outpost of Agaunum and the 6th-century Abbey of Saint-Maurice d'Agaune. The city is located at the entrance of a pass leading to the upper part of the Rhône valley. As such, it has a strategic importance, and defence work were built from the 15th century to control this access. The Fortress Saint-Maurice was constructed in the surrounding mountainsides from 1880 through 1995.^[4]

^ ^a ^b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
^ Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz Archived 2015-11-13 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 9 February 2013
^ Moret, J.-C. "Le secteur central de St Maurice - Le concept" (in French). Association Fort de Litroz. Retrieved 5 January 2011.

[wikidata-34465df301612b4c187d3751abe3e95527f60501-v11-1] "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

[wikidata-08bd17aa84cda5e3983f082e36c9004a86cf08fc-v11-2] "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

[Mutation-3] Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz Archived 2015-11-13 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 9 February 2013

[litroz9-4] Moret, J.-C. "Le secteur central de St Maurice - Le concept" (in French). Association Fort de Litroz. Retrieved 5 January 2011.

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