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Saint-Maurice District

Saint-Maurice

Saint-Maurice is a cosy small town in , . It looks back on a long history, with the first mention in the year 200 as a Roman outpost. It is famous for its abbey.
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  • Type: Village with 4,520 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Saint-Maurice d’Agaune”, “Saint-Maurice VS”, and “Saint-Maurice, Switzerland”
  • Postal code: 1890

Places of Interest

Highlights include Saint-Maurice Castle and St-Maurice railway station.

Castle
Photo: Roland Zumbühl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a castle in the municipality of Saint-Maurice of the Canton of Valais in . It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Railway station
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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.

Cave
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The in the cliffs above Saint-Maurice in the Swiss canton of , is a natural limestone solution show cave, featuring a 77-metre high underground waterfall, claimed as the world's highest waterfall in a show cave.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vérossaz and Bex.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Saint-Maurice, in the canton of Valais, .

Village
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is a municipality in the canton of , , located in the district of Aigle. It is a few kilometers south of its sister town municipality of Aigle. is situated 3½ km north of Saint-Maurice.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Saint-Maurice, in the canton of Valais, .

Saint-Maurice

Latitude
46.2198° or 46° 13′ 11″ north
Longitude
7.0045° or 7° 0′ 16″ east
Population
4,520
Elevation
419 metres (1,375 feet)
Open location code
8FR96293+WR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 197504455
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2658864
Wiki­data ID
Q69545
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Saint-Maurice” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Saint-Maurice”
  • Armenian: “Սեն Մորիս (Շվեյցարիա)”
  • Armenian: “Սեն Մորիս”
  • Arpitan: “Sent-Môris”
  • Basque: “Saint-Maurice”
  • Breton: “Saint-Maurice”
  • Catalan: “Saint-Maurice”
  • Cebuano: “Saint-Maurice (kapital sa distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Saint-Maurice (munisipyo sa Swisa, Canton du Valais, Saint-Maurice District, lat 46,20, long 7,01)”
  • Cebuano: “Saint-Maurice”
  • Chinese: “圣莫里斯”
  • Chinese: “聖莫里斯”
  • Czech: “Saint-Maurice”
  • Dutch: “Saint-Maurice”
  • Esperanto: “Saint-Maurice VS”
  • French: “Agaune”
  • French: “Saint-Maurice”
  • German: “Agaunum”
  • German: “Saint-Maurice VS”
  • German: “Saint-Maurice”
  • German: “St. Maurice d’Agaune”
  • German: “St. Maurice VS”
  • Hungarian: “Saint-Maurice”
  • Indonesian: “Saint-Maurice, Swiss”
  • Irish: “Saint-Maurice”
  • Italian: “Saint-Maurice-en-Valais”
  • Italian: “Saint-Maurice”
  • Japanese: “サン・モーリス”
  • Japanese: “サン＝モーリス (スイス)”
  • Korean: “생모리스”
  • Kurdish: “Saint-Maurice, Swîsre”
  • Latin: “Acaunum”
  • Latin: “Acaunus”
  • Latin: “Agaunum”
  • Latin: “Sanctus Mauritius”
  • Lingala: “Sántu Molisi (Mbwaku)”
  • Lingala: “Sántu Molisi”
  • Lombard: “Saint-Maurice”
  • Malay: “Saint-Maurice, Switzerland”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Saint-Maurice”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saint-Maurice i Sveits”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saint-Maurice”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Saint-Maurice”
  • Persian: “سن‌موریس”
  • Polish: “Saint-Maurice d’Agaune”
  • Polish: “Saint-Maurice-en-Valais”
  • Polish: “Saint-Maurice”
  • Portuguese: “Saint Maurice-en-Valais”
  • Portuguese: “Saint-Maurice-en-Valais”
  • Portuguese: “Saint-Maurice”
  • Romansh: “Saint-Maurice”
  • Russian: “Сен-Морис”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Saint-Maurice, Švicarska”
  • Slovenian: “Saint-Maurice”
  • Spanish: “Saint-Maurice”
  • Spanish: “San Mauricio”
  • Swahili: “Saint-Maurice-en-Valais”
  • Swedish: “Saint-Maurice, Valais”
  • Swedish: “Saint-Maurice”
  • Swiss German: “Saint-Maurice VS”
  • Swiss German: “Saint-Maurice”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Saint-Maurice VS”
  • Turkish: “Saint-Maurice”
  • Ukrainian: “Сен-Моріс”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Saint-Maurice”
  • Venetian: “Saint-Maurice (Svisara)”
  • Venetian: “Saint-Maurice”
  • Volapük: “Saint-Maurice”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Saint-Maurice, Swiza”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Saint-Maurice”
  • Welsh: “Saint-Maurice”

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