Saint-Maurice

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Saint-Maurice

Total population

4,516

Air quality index

26Good

Coordinates46.22°, 7.00°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Saint-Maurice is a village and a municipality 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.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Henri François Pittier

Swiss botanist (1857-1950)

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Benjamin Bonjour

Swiss painter (1917–2000)

A

Auguste Veillon

Swiss artist (1834-1890)

C

Catherine Mabillard

Swiss ski mountaineer and marathon mountain biker

Louis-Emil Eyer

Swiss-Bulgarian sportsperson

B

Béatrix Beck

French writer of Belgian origin (1914–2008)

Mark Bastl

Swiss ice hockey player

V

Victor Fayod

Swiss mycologist (1860-1900)

George Bastl

Swiss tennis player

D

Daniel Hediger

Swiss biathlete

Louis Chamorel

Swiss politician and farmer (1879-1966)

O

Olivia Ausoni

Swiss alpine skier (1923–2010)

C

Catherine Cherix Favre

Swiss educator and writer (1955-2011)

C

Charles Sollberger

Swiss politician (1896-1975)

C

Christophe Schenk

Swiss journalist

D

Denis Bertholet

Swiss historian and writer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Valais

• Massongex
  1.8 mi away · pop. 1,787
• Mex VS
  2.4 mi away · pop. 143
• La Rasse
  2.6 mi away
• Choëx
  2.9 mi away
• Les Neyres
  4.1 mi away · pop. 400
• La Balmaz
  4.4 mi away
• Miéville
  5.1 mi away
• Val-d'Illiez
  5.5 mi away · pop. 1,819
• Les Granges (Salvan)
  6.4 mi away
• Champoussin
  6.8 mi away
• Morgins
  7.1 mi away
• Illarsaz
  7.3 mi away · pop. 735

Browse all places in Valais →

Recently spotted species

Cloudy Clitocybe

Clitocybe nebularis

Seen 2026-10-16

rooting shank

Oudemansiella radicata

Seen 2026-10-16

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

Halyomorpha halys

Seen 2026-10-16

European Hornet

Vespa crabro

Seen 2026-10-16

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

Seen 2026-10-15

Peppery Roundhead

Stropharia pseudocyanea

Seen 2026-10-15

Golden Waxcap

Hygrocybe chlorophana

Seen 2026-10-15

Grey Waxcap

Cuphophyllus lacmus

Seen 2026-10-15

Tricholoma arvernense

Tricholoma arvernense

Seen 2026-10-15

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers