Saint-Maurice
municipality in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
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Summary
Saint-Maurice is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Saint-Maurice ranks in the top 3% of municipality of switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,378 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: SGV-ACS[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Saint-Maurice District[4]
- Country: Switzerland[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Rhône[6]
- Official language: French[7]
- Twinned administrative body: Zichron Yaakov[8], Saint-Maurice[9], Obersiggenthal[10]
- Postal code: 1890[11]
- Commons category: Saint-Maurice, Switzerland[12]
- Licence plate code: VS[13]
- Local dialing code: 024[14]
- Official website: https://www.saint-maurice.ch[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:Saint-Maurice, Switzerland[16]
- Population: 4595[17], 4571[18], 4656[19]
- External data available at URL: https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6217[20]
- Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa[21], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], Topographia Helvetiae, Rhaetiae et Valesiae[23]
- Replaces: Mex[24]
- Heritage designation: Swiss townscape worthy of protection[25]
- Official name: Saint-Maurice[26]
- List of monuments: list of cultural properties in Saint-Maurice[27]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Saint-Maurice, Switzerland[28]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Saint-Maurice, Switzerland[29]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Saint-Maurice, Switzerland[30]
- Elevation above sea level: 414 m[31]
- Area: 7.18 km²[32], 14.92 km²[33]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[34]
Why It Matters
Saint-Maurice has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Saint-Maurice is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]