Vernayaz

Vernayaz
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Valais (VS)
District :	Saint-Maurice
BFS no. :	6219
Postal code :	1904
Coordinates :	569 256  /  109573 coordinates: 46 ° 8 '13 "  N , 7 ° 2' 27"  O ; CH1903:  569256  /  109573
Height :	452  m above sea level M.
Height range :	446–1602 m above sea level M.
Area :	5.59  km²
Residents:	1885 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	337 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.vernayaz.ch
Vernayaz
Location of the municipality

Grand Hotel des Gorges du Trento

Vernayaz 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 .

geography

The municipality of Vernayaz is located at the entrance to the Vallée du Trient , in Lower Valais, on the western bank of the Rhone . In the south of the municipality the Trient and in the north the Salanfe flow from the west into the Rhone. The municipality consists of the three villages Vernayaz, Miéville and Gueuroz.

history

Vernayaz parish was created in 1912 by splitting off from Salvan parish .

population

Population development
year	1920	1950	2000	2010	2012	2014	2016
Residents	992	1079	1597	1769	1839	1906	1881

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Vernayaz

• Gorges du Trento
• Pissevache waterfall

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Vernayaz is at the junction of the traffic route through the Rhone Valley with the one that leads through the Vallée du Trient to Chamonix . Since 1859 the place has been served by the Simplon line of the SBB , in 1907 the meter-gauge Martigny-Châtelard railway came .

Originally the road led into the Vallée du Trient from Vernayaz with 43 bends to Salvan, it was replaced in the 1930s by a road connection from Martigny, which leads over the famous Pont de Gueuroz .

In the 1970s, the place was connected to the A9 motorway , which runs through the Rhone Valley.

tourism

With the development of the place by the Simplon Railway, tourism arose, which on the one hand changed the means of transport for the journey through the Vallée du Trient in Vernayaz , but also looked at the Gorges du Trient and the Pissevache. Several hotels were built on site, including the Grand Hôtel des gorges du Trient.

Industry and power plants

• Vernayaz power station (SBB) for the traction power supply in western Switzerland
• Carbide factory : the company, founded in 1899, was taken over by G. Staechelin Sons & Co. in 1904 and passed to Lonza in 1924 . In the company's own power station Pissevache , later also called the Lonza power station, the electricity for the electric arc furnaces was generated.

literature

• David Rey: Vernayaz. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2013 .

Web links

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

• Vernayaz on the ETHorama platform
• Official website of the municipality of Vernayaz

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 .