Evionnaz

Coat of arms

Evionnaz

Location of Evionnaz

Coordinates: 46°11′N 7°1′E / 46.183°N 7.017°ECoordinates: 46°11′N 7°1′E / 46.183°N 7.017°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Gilbert Jacquemoud

Area

• Total

47.99 km² (18.53 sq mi)

Elevation

469 m (1,539 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

1,242

• Density

26/km² (67/sq mi)

Postal code

1902

SFOS number

6213

Surrounded by

Champéry, Collonges, Dorénaz, Mex, Saint-Maurice, Salvan, Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval (FR-74), Val-d'Illiez, Vernayaz

Website

www.evionnaz.ch
SFSO statistics

Evionnaz is a municipality in the district of Saint-Maurice in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Evionnaz is first mentioned in 1263 as Eviona. It became an independent municipality in 1822, when it separated from Saint-Maurice.

Evionnaz has an area, as of 2011^[update], of 48 square kilometers (19 sq mi). Of this area, 12.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 19.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.0% is settled (buildings or roads) and 66.8% is unproductive land.

The municipality is located in the Saint-Maurice district. The large district stretches from the left bank of the Rhone river over to the Dents-du-Midi mountains. It consists of the village of Evionnaz and the hamlets of La Balmaz and La Rasse.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure City Walls embattled Argent with entrance towered and embattled and with a window Sable, in chief three Barrulets wavy of the second.

Evionnaz has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 1,242. As of 2008^[update], 14.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010 ) the population has changed at a rate of 7.4%. It has changed at a rate of 10.5% due to migration and at a rate of 3% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks French (850 or 91.4%) as their first language, Portuguese is the second most common (31 or 3.3%) and German is the third (12 or 1.3%). There are 12 people who speak Italian.

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