Mex
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 merged into the municipality of Saint-Maurice.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 143 residents
- Description: former municipality of Switzerland in Valais
- Also known as: “Mex VS”, “Mex, Switzerland”, and “Mex, Valais”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St-Maurice railway station and Dent du Salantin.
St-Maurice railway station
Railway station
Photo: Albins, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St-Maurice railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Saint-Maurice, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the Simplon line and the terminus of the Saint-Gingolph–Saint-Maurice line. St-Maurice railway station is situated 3½ km north of Mex.
Dent du Salantin
Peak
Photo: Zacharie Grossen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Dent du Salantin is a mountain of the Chablais Alps, overlooking the Rhone valley between Evionnaz and Vernayaz, in the canton of Valais. It lies in the massif of the Dents du Midi, east of Lac de Salanfe. Dent du Salantin is situated 4 km south of Mex.
Fort du Scex
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fort du Scex is a component of Fortress Saint-Maurice, which is in turn one of the three principal fortified regions of the National Redoubt of Switzerland. Fort du Scex is situated 3 km north of Mex.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lavey-les-Bains and Collonges.
Lavey-les-Bains
Village
Lavey-les-Bains is a village in the district of Aigle in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. Lavey-les-Bains is located in the former municipality Lavey. In 1852 Lavey municipality merged with its neighbor to form a new and larger municipality Lavey-Morcles. Lavey-les-Bains is situated 2½ km northeast of Mex.
Collonges
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Collonges is a municipality in the district of Saint-Maurice in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Collonges is situated 3 km southeast of Mex.
Vérossaz
Village
Photo: Christoph Radtke, CC BY 3.0.
Vérossaz is a municipality in the district of Saint-Maurice, in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. Vérossaz is situated 3½ km north of Mex.
Mex
- Categories: former municipality of Switzerland and locality
- Location: Evionnaz, Saint-Maurice District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.18502° or 46° 11′ 6″ northLongitude
6.99995° or 6° 59′ 60″ eastPopulation
143Elevation
1,126 metres (3,694 feet)United Nations Location Code
CH MEXOpen location code
8FR85XPX+2XOpenStreetMap ID
node 240081730OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Mex” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Mex”
- Catalan: “Mex”
- Cebuano: “Mex”
- Chinese: “梅克斯”
- Dutch: “Mex”
- French: “Mex VS”
- French: “Mex”
- German: “Mex VS”
- German: “Mex”
- Hungarian: “Mex (VS)”
- Irish: “Mex”
- Italian: “Mex”
- Lombard: “Mex”
- Malay: “Mex, Valais”
- Malay: “Mex”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mex”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mex i Valais”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Mex”
- Romansh: “Mex VS”
- Romansh: “Mex”
- Spanish: “Mex”
- Swedish: “Mex, Valais”
- Swedish: “Mex”
- Upper Sorbian: “Mex”
- Volapük: “Mex”
- Waray (Philippines): “Mex, Valais”
- Waray (Philippines): “Mex”
- Welsh: “Mex”
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