Val d'Illiez
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 Switzerland
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| Canton : |
 Valais (VS)
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| District : | Monthey |
| BFS no. : | 6157 |
| Postal code : | 1873 |
| Coordinates : | 557 889 / 117238 |
| Height : | 948 m above sea level M. |
| Height range : | 729–3253 m above sea level M. |
| Area : | 39.26 km² |
| Residents: | 1961 (December 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 50 inhabitants per km² |
| Website: | www.illiez.ch |
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Val-d'Illiez is a political municipality and a civil parish in the Monthey district in the French-speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland . The place belongs to the Portes du Soleil ski area .
geography
The municipality of Val-d'Illiez is located in the Val d'Illiez on the Vièze , a western tributary of the Rhone . The political municipality of Val-d'Illiez includes the village of Val-d'Illiez and the two hamlets of Les Crosets and Champoussin, which are clearly distant from it . The municipality borders on Troistorrents to the north, Vérossaz to the east, Saint-Maurice to the southeast, Evionnaz to the south-southeast, Champéry to the south, Châtel ( Haute-Savoie department , France ) to the west and an exclave of the municipality to the north-northwest Monthey .
population
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| year | 1850 | 1900 | 1950 | 2000 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Residents | 835 | 931 | 1007 | 1428 | 1718 | 1763 | 1802 | 1793 | 1843 | 1875 | 1902 |
Attractions
Catholic parish church of St-Maurice, first mentioned in the 13th century, rebuilt in 1687. The single-nave building with a square choir is preceded by a partially medieval bell tower at the entrance. Inside there are 18th century altars from a local workshop.
The priory , built in 1711, stands next to the church .
Personalities
Joseph Mariétan (1874–1943), Abbot of Saint-Maurice, was born in Val-d'Illiez, and the ski racer Corinne Rey-Bellet (1972–2006) was born in the Les Crosets district .
literature
- Pascal Dubey: Val-d'Illiez. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2013 .
Web links
- Val-d'Illiez on the ETHorama platform
- Official website of the municipality of Val-d'Illiez
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 .