{{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Massongex | municipality_type = municipality | imagepath_coa = CHE Massongex COA.svg | imagepath_flag = CHE Massongex Flag.svg | image_photo = Massongex depuis Chiètres.jpg | image_caption = Massongex as seen from Chiètres ([[Bex]]) | canton = Valais | iso-code-region = CH-VS | district = [[Saint-Maurice (district)|Saint-Maurice]] |coordinates = {{coord|46|15|N|6|59|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 1869 | municipality_code = 6215 | area = 6.6 | elevation = 308|elevation_description= | population = 1534|populationof = December 2002 | popofyear = 2002 | website = www.massongex.ch | mayor = Bernard Moulin |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= [[Bex]] (VD), [[Monthey]], [[Saint-Maurice, Switzerland|Saint-Maurice]], [[Vérossaz]] | twintowns = |}}
'''Massongex''' ({{IPA|fr|masɔ̃ʒɛ}}; {{langx|frp|Massongié}}) is a [[Municipalities of Switzerland|municipality]] in the [[Saint-Maurice (district)|district of Saint-Maurice]], in the [[canton of Valais]], [[Switzerland]].
==History== Massongex is first mentioned in 1226 as ''Bernardus de Massunge''.<ref name=HDS/>
==Geography== Massongex has an area, {{as of|2009|lc=on}}, of {{convert|6.6|km2|mi2|sp=us}}. Of this area, {{convert|2.23|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} or 33.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while {{convert|3.12|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} or 47.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, {{convert|1|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} or 15.1% is settled (buildings or roads), {{convert|0.2|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} or 3.0% is either rivers or lakes and {{convert|0.04|km2|acre|abbr=on}} or 0.6% is unproductive land.<ref name=BFS_land>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/02/03/blank/data/gemeindedaten.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics] 2009 data {{in lang|de}} accessed 25 March 2010</ref>
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 6.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.8%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.4% of the area Out of the forested land, 42.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 20.8% is used for growing crops and 10.4% is pastures and 2.0% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.<ref name=BFS_land/>
The municipality is located in the Saint-Maurice district, on the left side of the [[Rhone]] river. It consists of the village of Massongex and eight [[hamlet (place)|hamlets]] including Daviaz.
==Coat of arms== The [[blazon]] of the municipal [[coat of arms]] is ''Gules, three Towers Argent masoned, windowed and doored Sable.''<ref>[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ch-vs105.html Flags of the World.com] accessed 22-September-2011</ref>
==Demographics== Massongex has a population ({{as of|{{Swiss populations YM|CH-VS}}|lc=on}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-VS|6215}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-VS}} {{as of|2008}}, 16.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals.<ref name=HDS_superweb>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/onlinedb/superweb/login.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628151016/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/onlinedb/superweb/login.html |date=2010-06-28 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 19 June 2010</ref> Over the last 10 years (2000–2010 ) the population has changed at a rate of 2.6%. It has changed at a rate of 8.4% due to migration and at a rate of 4.8% due to births and deaths.<ref name=SFSO>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105172441/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html |date=2016-01-05 }} accessed 22-September-2011</ref>
Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks [[French language|French]] (1,218 or 92.3%) as their first language, [[German language|German]] is the second most common (28 or 2.1%) and [[Italian language|Italian]] is the third (24 or 1.8%).<ref name=STAT2000/>
{{as of|2008}}, the population was 50.2% male and 49.8% female. The population was made up of 641 Swiss men (42.0% of the population) and 125 (8.2%) non-Swiss men. There were 643 Swiss women (42.2%) and 116 (7.6%) non-Swiss women.<ref name=VS_Pop>[http://www.vs.ch/Navig/navig.asp?MenuID=14752 Ständige Wohnbevolkerung nach Geschlecht und Heimat am 31.12.2009.xls] {{in lang|de|fr}} accessed 24 August 2011</ref> Of the population in the municipality, 434 or about 32.9% were born in Massongex and lived there in 2000. There were 377 or 28.6% who were born in the same canton, while 291 or 22.1% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 186 or 14.1% were born outside of Switzerland.<ref name=STAT2000/>
{{as of|2000}}, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 27.7% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 61% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 11.2%.<ref name=SFSO/>
{{as of|2000}}, there were 557 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 652 married individuals, 59 widows or widowers and 51 individuals who are divorced.<ref name=STAT2000>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409212530/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true |date=2014-04-09 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 2 February 2011</ref>
{{as of|2000}}, there were 522 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household.<ref name=SFSO/> There were 157 households that consist of only one person and 39 households with five or more people. {{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, a total of 490 apartments (76.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 130 apartments (20.3%) were seasonally occupied and 20 apartments (3.1%) were empty.<ref name=Housing>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907111534/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=true |date=2014-09-07 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 January 2011</ref> {{as of|2009}}, the construction rate of new housing units was 9.8 new units per 1000 residents.<ref name=SFSO/> The vacancy rate for the municipality, {{as of|2010|alt=in 2010}}, was 1.79%.<ref name=SFSO/>
The historical population is given in the following chart:<ref name=HDS>{{HDS|2772|Massongex}}</ref><ref>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140930162751/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=true |date=2014-09-30 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 29 January 2011</ref> <timeline> Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width:1020 height:210 PlotArea = height:150 left:100 bottom:50 right:100 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:1400 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:300 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:60 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:40 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1798 from:start till:214 text:"214" bar:1850 from:start till:503 text:"503" bar:1860 from:start till:588 text:"588" bar:1870 from:start till:606 text:"606" bar:1880 from:start till:554 text:"554" bar:1888 from:start till:521 text:"521" bar:1900 from:start till:600 text:"600" bar:1910 from:start till:540 text:"540" bar:1920 from:start till:581 text:"581" bar:1930 from:start till:654 text:"654" bar:1941 from:start till:623 text:"623" bar:1950 from:start till:659 text:"659" bar:1960 from:start till:644 text:"644" bar:1970 from:start till:969 text:"969" bar:1980 from:start till:888 text:"888" bar:1990 from:start till:1139 text:"1,139" bar:2000 from:start till:1319 text:"1,319" </timeline>
==Heritage sites of national significance== [[File:Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Massongex - Dédicace de Sextus Varennus Priscus.jpg|thumb|Inscription from Tarnaiae]] The Tarnaiae, a [[Celts|Celtic]] and [[Gallo-Roman culture|Gallo-Roman]] [[vicus]] is listed as a Swiss [[Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance|heritage site of national significance]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar/a-objekte.html |title=Kantonsliste A-Objekte |year=2009 |work=KGS Inventar |publisher=Federal Office of Civil Protection |language=German |accessdate=25 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628110559/http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar/a-objekte.html |archive-date=28 June 2010 }}</ref>
==Politics== In the [[2007 Swiss federal election|2007 federal election]] the most popular party was the [[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland|CVP]] which received 40.12% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the [[FDP.The Liberals|FDP]] (19.34%), the [[Swiss People's Party|SVP]] (18.48%) and the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|SP]] (15.21%). In the federal election, a total of 535 votes were cast, and the [[voter turnout]] was 53.7%.<ref>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/04/03.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office, ''Nationalratswahlen 2007: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung, nach Gemeinden/Bezirk/Canton''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514211354/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/04/03.html |date=2015-05-14 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 May 2010</ref>
In the 2009 [[Conseil d'État (Switzerland)|Conseil d'État/Staatsrat]] election a total of 484 votes were cast, of which 20 or about 4.1% were invalid. The voter participation was 47.8%, which is much less than the cantonal average of 54.67%.<ref>[http://www.vs.ch/Navig/navig.asp?MenuID=4363&Language=de&link= Staatsratswahlen vom 1. März 2009] {{in lang|de}} accessed 24 August 2011</ref> In the 2007 [[Swiss Council of States election, 2007|Swiss Council of States election]] a total of 522 votes were cast, of which 30 or about 5.7% were invalid. The voter participation was 53.4%, which is much less than the cantonal average of 59.88%.<ref>[http://www.vs.ch/navig/navig.asp?MenuID=4360&RefMenuID=0&RefServiceID=0 Ständeratswahl 2007] {{in lang|de}} accessed 24 August 2011</ref>
==Economy== {{as of|2010|In 2010}}, Massongex had an unemployment rate of 4.6%. {{as of|2008}}, there were 27 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 12 businesses involved in this sector. 102 people were employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] and there were 21 businesses in this sector. 120 people were employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 22 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO/> There were 628 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.2% of the workforce.
{{as of|2008|alt=In 2008}} the total number of [[full-time equivalent]] jobs was 221. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 20, of which 19 were in agriculture and 1 was in fishing or fisheries. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 97 of which 23 or (23.7%) were in manufacturing and 63 (64.9%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 104. In the tertiary sector; 14 or 13.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 10 or 9.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 8 or 7.7% were in the information industry, 4 or 3.8% were the insurance or financial industry, 10 or 9.6% were in education and 36 or 34.6% were in health care.<ref>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_06%20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1&prod=06&secprod=2&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225013454/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_06%20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1&prod=06&secprod=2&openChild=true |date=2014-12-25 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 January 2011</ref>
{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, there were 139 workers who commuted into the municipality and 528 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 3.8 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 3.6% of the workforce coming into Massongex are coming from outside Switzerland.<ref name=commuter>[http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/stat/pendler/pop.php Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120804043150/http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/stat/pendler/pop.php |date=2012-08-04 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 24 June 2010</ref> Of the working population, 8.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 73.7% used a private car.<ref name=SFSO/>
==Religion== From the {{as of|2000|alt=2000 census}}, 1,010 or 76.6% were [[Roman Catholic]], while 140 or 10.6% belonged to the [[Swiss Reformed Church]]. Of the rest of the population, there were 5 [[Orthodoxy#Christianity|members of an Orthodox church]] (or about 0.38% of the population), and there were 24 individuals (or about 1.82% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 2 individuals (or about 0.15% of the population) who were [[Judaism|Jewish]], and 43 (or about 3.26% of the population) who were [[Islam]]ic. There were 2 individuals who belonged to another church. 68 (or about 5.16% of the population) belonged to no church, are [[Agnosticism|agnostic]] or [[Atheism|atheist]], and 37 individuals (or about 2.81% of the population) did not answer the question.<ref name=STAT2000/>
==Education== In Massongex about 477 or (36.2%) of the population have completed non-mandatory [[Education in Switzerland#Secondary|upper secondary education]], and 103 or (7.8%) have completed additional higher education (either [[List of universities in Switzerland|university]] or a ''[[Fachhochschule]]''). Of the 103 who completed tertiary schooling, 58.3% were Swiss men, 25.2% were Swiss women, 9.7% were non-Swiss men and 6.8% were non-Swiss women.<ref name=STAT2000/>
{{as of|2000}}, there was one student in Massongex who came from another municipality, while 102 residents attended schools outside the municipality.<ref name=commuter/>
Massongex is home to the ''Bibliothèque communale'' library. The library has ({{as of|2008|lc=on}}) 4,340 books or other media, and loaned out 3,671 items in the same year. It was open a total of 132 days with average of 6 hours per week during that year.<ref>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/16/02/02/data.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office, list of libraries] {{in lang|de}} accessed 14 May 2010</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * [http://www.massongex.ch Official website] {{in lang|fr}}
{{Municipalities of the district of Saint-Maurice}} {{Authority control}}
[[Category:Municipalities of Valais]] [[Category:Cultural property of national significance in Valais]]