Bourg-Saint-Pierre

Bourg-Saint-Pierre
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Valais (VS)
District :	Entremont
BFS no. :	6032
Postal code :	1946
Coordinates :	582 142  /  88648 coordinates: 45 ° 56 '57 "  N , 7 ° 12' 30"  O ; CH1903:  five hundred and eighty-two thousand one hundred forty-two  /  88648
Height :	1632  m above sea level M.
Height range :	1417-4309 m above sea level M.
Area :	89.80  km²
Residents:	198 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	2 inhabitants per km²
Bourg-Saint-Pierre
Location of the municipality

Bourg-Saint-Pierre from the south

Bourg-Saint-Pierre ( German formerly St. Petersburg ) is a political municipality and a civil parish in the district of Entremont in the French-speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland .

geography

The village is located in Val D'Entremont. The municipality borders on Orsières to the west, Liddes to the north and Bagnes to the east . In the south lies the Swiss border with Italy .

The Great St. Bernhard pass and the hospice on the Great St. Bernhard belong to the municipality of Bourg-Saint-Pierre . In the municipality there is also the beginning of the approximately 6 km long, completely avalanche-proof roofed access road to the north portal of the Grosser-St.-Bernhard-Tunnel , located south near Bourg-Saint-Bernhard, on the Swiss main road 21 as part of the Europastrasse 27 .

population

Population development
year	1850	1870	1900	1950	1960	1990	2000	2010	2012	2014	2016
Residents	305	400	335	227	524 (tunnel construction)	200	212	177	198	186	182

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Bourg-Saint-Pierre

literature

• Catherine Raemy-Berthod: Bourg-Saint-Pierre. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2004 .

Web links

Commons : Bourg-Saint-Pierre  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Bourg-Saint-Pierre on the ETHorama platform

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Val D'Entremont on ETHorama

Hospice on the Great St. Bernhard

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