Mase VS

VS is the abbreviation for the canton of Valais in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Mase .

Mase

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Valais (VS)

District :

Hérens

Municipal municipality :

Mont Noble

Postal code :

1968

former BFS no. :

6085

Coordinates :

599 718 / 116011 coordinates: 46 ° 11 '44 " N , 7 ° 26' 6" O ; CH1903: 599718 / 116011

Height :

1301 m above sea level M.

Area :

11.1 km²

Residents:

243 (December 31, 2010)

Population density :

22 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.mase.ch

map

Parish before the merger on December 31, 2010

Mase (officially called Mage until 1902 ) is a civic community with a civic council and until December 31, 2010 was a political municipality in the Hérens district in the French-speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland .

population

Population development
year	1850	1900	1950	2000	2010
Residents	300	359	347	207	243

Community merger

In the referendum on February 24, 2008, the planned merger of the three municipalities Vernamiège , Nax and Mase only narrowly failed . Nax and Mase said yes, but Vernamiège rejected the project with 67 to 61 votes. Another referendum took place on September 7, 2008, in which all three municipalities accepted the project. The new municipality of Mont-Noble was created on January 1st, 2011.

Aerial photo (1955)

Attractions

literature

Catherine Raemi-Berthod: Les sanctuaires de Nax, Vernamiège, Mase et Saint-Martin (Val d'Hérens). Canton du Valais. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 617/619, Series 62). Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1997, ISBN 3-85782-617-7 .
Patrick Maye: Mase. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2017 .

Web links

Commons : Mase - collection of images, videos and audio files

Mase VS on the ETHorama platform
Official website of the municipality of Mont-Noble

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