Port Valais
| Port Valais | |
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| State : |
 Switzerland
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| Canton : |
 Valais (VS)
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| District : | Monthey |
| BFS no. : | 6154 |
| Postal code : | 1897 |
| Coordinates : | 556 309 / 135963 |
| Height : | 390 m above sea level M. |
| Height range : | 371–2157 m above sea level M. |
| Area : | 14.35 km² |
| Residents: | 4108 (December 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 286 inhabitants per km² |
| Website: | www.port-valais.ch |
 Le Bouveret Port-Valais |
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Port-Valais is a political municipality and a civil parish with a civic council in the district of Monthey in the French-speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland .
geography
The municipality is located at the southeast end of Lake Geneva at the mouth of the Rhone , which was canalized in the 19th century . The Stockalper Canal runs between the river and the foot of the Grammont . The municipality is divided into two localities: Le Bouveret (2,400 inhabitants) and Les Evouettes (450 inhabitants).
population
| Population development | |||||||||
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| year | 1798 | 1850 | 1900 | 1950 | 2000 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2017 |
| Residents | 231 | 490 | 725 | 1098 | 2364 | 3155 | 3246 | 3833 | 3937 |
Attractions
Ship station
literature
- Patrick Maye: Port-Valais. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2010 .
Web links
Commons : Port-Valais - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Port-Valais on the ETHorama platform
- Official website of the municipality of Port-Valais
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ Le Bouveret on ETHorama
Political communities in the Monthey district