Bourg-Saint-Pierre

Geschichte

Bourg-Saint-Pierre is a municipality in the district of Entremont in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.HistoryBourg-Saint-Pierre is first mentioned in 1125 as Burgus Sancti Petri.GeographyBourg-Saint-Pierre has an area, of 90.2km2. Of this area, 29.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 6.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and 63.5% is unproductive land.The municipality is located on the Italian border. It consists of the village of Bourg-Saint-Pierre and the Hospice du Grand Saint-Bernard in the Great St Bernard Pass.The village of Bourg-Saint-Pierre lies at the foot of the Grand Combin.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, two Keys Or in saltire.DemographicsBourg-Saint-Pierre has a population of., 6.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -10.9%. It has changed at a rate of -12.9% due to migration and at a rate of 3.5% due to births and deaths.Most of the population speaks French (195 or 92.0%) as their first language, Italian is the second most common (6 or 2.8%) and Portuguese is the third (6 or 2.8%). There are 2 people who speak German.