Mex (Valais)

Geschichte

Mex is a former municipality in the district of Saint-Maurice, in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipality of Mex (VS) merged into the municipality of Saint-Maurice.HistoryMex is first mentioned in 1298 as Meys.GeographyBefore the merger, Mex had a total area of 7.9km2. Of this area, 1.02km2 or 12.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.87km2 or 48.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.2km2 or 2.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.14km2 or 1.8% is either rivers or lakes and 2.68km2 or 33.8% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.6%. Out of the forested land, 42.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.0% is used for growing crops and 2.3% is pastures and 10.6% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 9.5% is unproductive vegetation and 24.4% is too rocky for vegetation.The municipality is located in the Saint-Maurice district, on a high plateau (1146m) left of the Rhone river and east of the Dents du Midi mountain. It consists of the linear village of Mex.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, between two Pine Trees Vert eradicated Gules and as many pallets wavy Azure three Houses Gules.