Martigny

Martigny is a town in the French-speaking part of . It lies in the Rhone valley and is one of the economic centres of the region.
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  • Type: Town with 21,800 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Valais in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Forum Claudii Vallensium”, “La Bâtiaz VS”, “Martegne”, “Martigny-Bourg”, “Martinach”, “Martiniacum”, “Octodure”, “Octodurum”, and “馬爾蒂尼 (瓦萊州)”
  • Postal code: 1920

Places of Interest

Highlights: Fondation Pierre Gianadda and Martigny railway station.

Arts center
, inaugurated in 1978, administers and exhibitions located in Martigny, Switzerland. The permanent exhibitions include the Automobile Museum, Gallo-Roman Museum, Louis and Evelyn Franck Collection, Sculpture Park, and Chagall Court.

Railway station
is a railway station in the municipality of Martigny, in the canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Simplon line of Swiss Federal Railways and the junction of the 1,000 mm Martigny–Châtelard and standard gauge Martigny–Orsières lines of Transports de Martigny et Régions and RegionAlps, respectively.

is a castle in the municipality of Martigny, in the Canton of Valais, . It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bovernier and Gorges du Durnand.

Village
is a municipality in the district of Martigny in the canton of in .

Locality
is a locality, which is situated 3½ km south of Martigny.

Martigny

Latitude
46.1031° or 46° 6′ 11″ north
Longitude
7.0727° or 7° 4′ 22″ east
Population
21,800
Elevation
475 metres (1,558 feet)
UN/LOCODE
CH VME and CH MGY
Open location code
8FR9433F+63
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Martigny” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Martigny”
  • Albanian: “Martigny”
  • Arabic: “مارتيني”
  • Aragonese: “Martigny (Valais)”
  • Aragonese: “Martigny”
  • Armenian: “Մարտինի”
  • Arpitan: “Martegné”
  • Basque: “Martigny”
  • Belarusian: “Марцін’і”
  • Belarusian: “Марціньі”
  • Breton: “Martigny”
  • Catalan: “Martigny”
  • Cebuano: “Martigny-Ville”
  • Chinese: “馬爾蒂尼”
  • Chinese: “马尔蒂尼”
  • Chinese: “马蒂尼”
  • Czech: “Martigny”
  • Danish: “Martigny”
  • Dutch: “Martigny”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مارتينى”
  • Esperanto: “Martigny VS”
  • Esperanto: “Martigny”
  • Finnish: “Martigny”
  • French: “Martigny”
  • German: “Martigny”
  • Hebrew: “מרטיני”
  • Hungarian: “Martigny”
  • Indonesian: “Martigny”
  • Irish: “Martigny”
  • Italian: “Martigny”
  • Japanese: “マルティニー”
  • Korean: “마르티니”
  • Kurdish: “Martigny”
  • Latin: “Octodurus”
  • Lithuanian: “Martinji”
  • Lombard: “Martigny”
  • Luxembourgish: “Martigny”
  • Macedonian: “Мартињи”
  • Malay: “Martigny, Switzerland”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Martigny”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Martigny”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Martigny”
  • Norwegian: “Martigny”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Martigny”
  • Persian: “مارتینی، سوئیس”
  • Persian: “مارتینی”
  • Piemontese: “Martigny”
  • Polish: “Martigny”
  • Portuguese: “Martigny”
  • Quechua: “Martigny”
  • Romanian: “Martigny”
  • Romansh: “Martigny”
  • Russian: “Мартиньи”
  • Russian: “Мартиньи́”
  • Scots: “Martigny”
  • Serbian: “Мартињи”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Martigny”
  • Sicilian: “Martigny”
  • Silesian: “Martigny”
  • Slovak: “Martigny”
  • Slovenian: “Martigny”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مارتینی، سوئیس”
  • Spanish: “Martigny”
  • Swedish: “Martigny”
  • Swiss German: “Martigny”
  • Thai: “มาร์ตีญี”
  • Turkish: “Martigny”
  • Ukrainian: “Мартіньї”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Martigny”
  • Urdu: “مارٹینی”
  • Venetian: “Martigny”
  • Volapük: “Martigny”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Martigny”
  • Welsh: “Martigny”

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