Bourg-Saint-Pierre

Hospice du Grand Saint-Bernard

Coat of arms

Bourg-Saint-Pierre

Location of Bourg-Saint-Pierre

Coordinates: 45°57′N 7°12′E / 45.950°N 7.200°ECoordinates: 45°57′N 7°12′E / 45.950°N 7.200°E

Country

Area

• Total

90.09 km² (34.78 sq mi)

Elevation

1,632 m (5,354 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

183

• Density

2.0/km² (5.3/sq mi)

Postal code

1946

SFOS number

6032

Surrounded by

Bagnes, Etroubles (IT-AO), Liddes, Ollomont (IT-AO), Orsières, Saint-Oyen (IT-AO), Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses (IT-AO)

Website

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Bourg-Saint-Pierre (German name: St. Petersburg) is a municipality in the district of Entremont in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Bourg-Saint-Pierre is first mentioned in 1125 as Burgus Sancti Petri.

Bourg-Saint-Pierre has an area, as of 2011^[update], of 90.2 square kilometers (34.8 sq mi). Of this area, 29.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 6.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and 63.5% is unproductive land.

The municipality is located on the Italian border. It consists of the village of Bourg-Saint-Pierre and the Hospice du Grand Saint-Bernard in the Great St Bernard Pass.

The village of Bourg-Saint-Pierre lies at the foot of the Grand Combin.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, two Keys Or in saltire.

Bourg-Saint-Pierre has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 183. As of 2008^[update], 6.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -10.9%. It has changed at a rate of -12.9% due to migration and at a rate of 3.5% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks French (195 or 92.0%) as their first language, Italian is the second most common (6 or 2.8%) and Portuguese is the third (6 or 2.8%). There are 2 people who speak German.

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