Saint-Maurice, Switzerland

Saint-Maurice
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Maurice
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Coordinates: 46°13′N 7°0′E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Valais
District	Saint-Maurice
Area [1]
• Total	7.18 km^2 (2.77 sq mi)
Elevation	414 m (1,358 ft)
Population  (31 December 2018)[2]
• Total	4,571
• Density	640/km^2 (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
Surrounded by	Bex (VD), Collonges, Evionnaz, Lavey-Morcles (VD), Massongex, Mex, Vérossaz
Website	www.saint-maurice.ch SFSO statistics

Saint-Maurice is the capital of the district of Saint-Maurice in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

On 1 January 2013, the former municipality of Mex (VS) merged into the municipality of Saint-Maurice.

It is the site of the Roman outpost of Agaunum and the old Abby of Saint-Maurice, which has become a famous high school in Switzerland (Collège de Saint-Maurice).

It is not St. Moritz, a ski resort in the east part of Switzerland.

Saint-Maurice

References

1. "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
2. "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

Other websites

Media related to Saint-Maurice, Switzerland at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in French)