Massongex
Massongex | |
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State : | Switzerland |
Canton : | Valais (VS) |
District : | Saint-Maurice |
BFS no. : | 6215 |
Postal code : | 1869 |
Coordinates : | 565267 / 121484 |
Height : | 408 m above sea level M. |
Height range : | 392-2055 m above sea level M. |
Area : | 6.64 km² |
Residents: | 1788 (December 31, 2018) |
Population density : | 269 inhabitants per km² |
Website: | www.massongex.ch |
Location of the municipality | |
Massongex is a political municipality and a civil parish in the district of Saint-Maurice in the French-speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland .
history
The area of today's municipality was settled after excavations since the end of the Younger Pre-Roman Iron Age ( La Tène period ). It was called Tarnaiae and was probably inhabited by the Gallic tribe of the Nantuaten , from which the scientific name Tarnaiae Nantuatium is derived. Tarnaiae was the first place below Martigny where the Rhone could be crossed and was therefore an important trading center during Roman times. The place name probably came from the god Taranis . Tarnaiae was probably 260 by the AD Alemanni destroyed. The foundation walls of the public thermal baths from Roman times are now imitated in Massongex.
population
Population development | |||||||||
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year | 1798 | 1850 | 1900 | 1950 | 2000 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 |
Residents | 214 | 503 | 600 | 659 | 1319 | 1653 | 1685 | 1749 | 1823 |
Infrastructure
The children's charity Terre des hommes Valais , based in Monthey , operates a children's home in the community.
Attractions
Personalities
The former coach of the Swiss national alpine skiing team, Raphy Frossard, lives in Massongex .
literature
- Marc-André Haldimann: Massongex / Tarnaiae. In: Vallis Poenina. The Valais in Roman times. Exhibition catalog. Walliser Kantonsmuseen, Sitten 1998, ISBN 2-88426-039-0 , pp. 156–161 (on the ancient settlement).
- Albano Hugon: Massongex. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2009 .
Web links
- Massongex on the ETHorama platform
- Official website of the municipality of Massongex
- Tarnaiae Ville Romaine (French)
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 .
- ↑ Massongex, the ancient Tarnaiae ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ( MS Word ; 63 kB), media release by the Head of Information for the State of Valais, June 6, 2008.
- ↑ Tarnaiae, Wallis , daily report of March 10, 2001.
- ↑ Foundation walls of the thermal baths