Saint-Maurice (district)
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Saint-Maurice District de Saint-Maurice |
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| Country |
 Switzerland
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| Canton |
 Valais
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| Capital | Saint-Maurice |
| Area | |
| • Total | 185.6 km2 (71.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 13,498 |
| • Density | 73/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Municipalities | 9 |
The district of Saint-Maurice is a district in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It has a population of 13,498 (as of 31 December 2015).
It comprises the following municipalities:
On 1 January 2013 the former municipality of Mex (VS) merged into the municipality of Saint-Maurice.
The blazon of the district coat of arms is Per pale Azure and Gules, overall a Cross bottony Argent.
Saint-Maurice has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 13,498. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (9,391 or 90.1%) as their first language, Italian is the second most common (232 or 2.2%) and German is the third (206 or 2.0%). There are 2 people who speak Romansh.
As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 49.3% male and 50.7% female. The population was made up of 4,667 Swiss men (39.0% of the population) and 1,223 (10.2%) non-Swiss men. There were 4,973 Swiss women (41.6%) and 1,089 (9.1%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the district 4,161 or about 39.9% were born in Saint-Maurice and lived there in 2000. There were 2,565 or 24.6% who were born in the same canton, while 1,720 or 16.5% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 1,703 or 16.3% were born outside of Switzerland.
As of 2000[update], there were 4,330 people who were single and never married in the district. There were 4,926 married individuals, 647 widows or widowers and 517 individuals who are divorced.
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