Vérossaz

Vérossaz
Coat of arms
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Location of Vérossaz
Coordinates: 46°13′N 6°59′E / 46.217°N 6.983°E / 46.217; 6.983Coordinates: 46°13′N 6°59′E / 46.217°N 6.983°E / 46.217; 6.983
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Valais
District	Saint-Maurice
Government
• Mayor	Muriel Favre
Area
• Total	14.28 km2 (5.51 sq mi)
Elevation	811 m (2,661 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	712
• Density	50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Postal code	1891
SFOS number	6220
Surrounded by	Massongex, Mex, Monthey, Saint-Maurice, Troistorrents, Val-d'Illiez
Website	www.verossaz.ch SFSO statistics

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

Vérossaz has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 14.3 square kilometers (5.5 sq mi). Of this area, 3.57 km² (1.38 sq mi) or 25.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 6.79 km² (2.62 sq mi) or 47.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.39 km² (0.15 sq mi) or 2.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.07 km² (17 acres) or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and 3.5 km² (1.4 sq mi) or 24.5% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.8%. Out of the forested land, 35.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.1% is used for growing crops and 11.6% is pastures and 13.2% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 7.3% is unproductive vegetation and 16.7% is too rocky for vegetation.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Quartered Gules a Cross bottony Argent and Sable a Crown Or.

Vérossaz has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 712. As of 2008^[update], 6.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010 ) the population has changed at a rate of 18.8%. It has changed at a rate of 19.8% due to migration and at a rate of 7% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks French (430 or 97.9%) as their first language, German is the second most common (3 or 0.7%) and English is the third (2 or 0.5%). and 1 person who speaks Romansh.