Mont-Noble

Nax village

Coat of arms

Mont-Noble

Location of Mont-Noble

Coordinates: 46°13′N 07°25′E / 46.217°N 7.417°ECoordinates: 46°13′N 07°25′E / 46.217°N 7.417°E

Country

Area

• Total

43.03 km² (16.61 sq mi)

Elevation

1,286 m (4,219 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

1,033

• Density

24/km² (62/sq mi)

Postal code

1973

SFOS number

6090

Website

http://www.mont-noble.ch
SFSO statistics

Mont-Noble is a municipality in the district of Hérens in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It was created on 1 January 2011 through the merger of the municipalities of Mase, Vernamiège and Nax.

Mase is first mentioned about 1100 as villa Magis. Until 1902 it was known as Mage. Nax is first mentioned around 1001-1100 as Nas. Nax's village church collapsed in 1909 during a service, killing 31 and injuring 50.

Mont-Noble has an area, as of 2011^[update], of 43 square kilometers (17 sq mi). Of this area, 32.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 39.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and 25.0% is unproductive land.

The village of Mase is located in the Hérens district on the right bank of the Borgne and the left bank of the Rhone in the Val d'Hérens at an elevation of 1,345 m (4,413 ft).

Nax is situated at the entrance to the Hérens valley near a rocky promontory which may provided its name, from the Latin: nasus, nose.

Mont-Noble has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 1,033. As of 2008^[update], 7.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 10.6%. It has changed at a rate of 15.5% due to migration and at a rate of -6.2% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks French (92.8%) as their first language, German is the second most common (5.2%) and Italian is the third (0.8%).

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