Saxon (Valais)

Geschichte

Saxon is a municipality, in the district of Martigny, in the canton of Valais, in Switzerland.HistorySaxon is first mentioned in 1153 as ''de SaxoneGeographySaxon has an area, of 23.2km2. Of this area, 31.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 50.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 9.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and 8.1% is unproductive land.The municipality is located in the Martigny district, along the left bank of the Rhone. It stretches from the Pierre-à-Voir (2476m) down to the Rhone. It consists of the villages of Saxon and Gottefrey and scattered hamlets.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a trefoil branch ArgentDemographicsSaxon has a population of., 28.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010 ) the population has changed at a rate of 29.8%. It has changed at a rate of 33.9% due to migration and at a rate of 1.3% due to births and deaths.Most of the population speaks French (2,845 or 85.9%) as their first language, Portuguese is the second most common (154 or 4.6%) and Albanian is the third (112 or 3.4%). There are 56 people who speak German, 61 people who speak Italian and 1 person who speaks Romansh.