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Municipality in Valais, Switzerland

Massongex Municipality Massongex as seen from Chiètres (Bex) Flag Coat of arms Location of Massongex Massongex Show map of Switzerland Massongex Show map of Canton of Valais Coordinates: 46°15′N 6°59′E / 46.250°N 6.983°E / 46.250; 6.983 Country Switzerland Canton Valais District Saint-Maurice Government • Mayor Bernard Moulin Area [1] • Total 6.6 km2 (2.5 sq mi) Elevation 308 m (1,010 ft) Population (December 2002) • Total 1,534 • Density 230/km2 (600/sq mi) Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST) Postal code 1869 SFOS number 6215 ISO 3166 code CH-VS Surrounded by Bex (VD), Monthey, Saint-Maurice, Vérossaz Website www.massongex.ch

**Massongex** (French pronunciation: [\[masɔ̃ʒɛ\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/French); [Arpitan](/source/Arpitan_language): *Massongié*) is a [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Switzerland) in the [district of Saint-Maurice](/source/Saint-Maurice_(district)), in the [canton of Valais](/source/Canton_of_Valais), [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland).

## History

Massongex is first mentioned in 1226 as *Bernardus de Massunge*.[2]

## Geography

Massongex has an area, as of 2009[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Massongex&action=edit), of 6.6 square kilometers (2.5 mi2). Of this area, 2.23 km2 (0.86 mi2) or 33.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.12 km2 (1.20 mi2) or 47.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1 km2 (0.39 mi2) or 15.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.2 km2 (0.077 mi2) or 3.0% is either rivers or lakes and 0.04 km2 (9.9 acres) or 0.6% is unproductive land.[3]

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.[3]

The municipality is located in the Saint-Maurice district, on the left side of the [Rhone](/source/Rhone) river. It consists of the village of Massongex and eight [hamlets](/source/Hamlet_(place)) including Daviaz.

## Coat of arms

The [blazon](/source/Blazon) of the municipal [coat of arms](/source/Coat_of_arms) is *Gules, three Towers Argent masoned, windowed and doored Sable.*[4]

## Demographics

Massongex has a population (as of December 2020[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Massongex&action=edit)) of 1,923.[5] As of 2008[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Massongex&action=edit), 16.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals.[6] 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.[7]

Most of the population (as of 2000[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Massongex&action=edit)) speaks [French](/source/French_language) (1,218 or 92.3%) as their first language, [German](/source/German_language) is the second most common (28 or 2.1%) and [Italian](/source/Italian_language) is the third (24 or 1.8%).[8]

As of 2008[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Massongex&action=edit), 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.[9] 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.[8]

As of 2000[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Massongex&action=edit), 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%.[7]

As of 2000[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Massongex&action=edit), 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.[8]

As of 2000[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Massongex&action=edit), there were 522 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household.[7] There were 157 households that consist of only one person and 39 households with five or more people. In 2000[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Massongex&action=edit), 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.[10] As of 2009[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Massongex&action=edit), the construction rate of new housing units was 9.8 new units per 1000 residents.[7] The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Massongex&action=edit), was 1.79%.[7]

The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][11]

## Heritage sites of national significance

Inscription from Tarnaiae

The Tarnaiae, a [Celtic](/source/Celts) and [Gallo-Roman](/source/Gallo-Roman_culture) [vicus](/source/Vicus) is listed as a Swiss [heritage site of national significance](/source/Swiss_inventory_of_cultural_property_of_national_and_regional_significance).[12]

## Politics

In the [2007 federal election](/source/2007_Swiss_federal_election) the most popular party was the [CVP](/source/Christian_Democratic_People's_Party_of_Switzerland) which received 40.12% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the [FDP](/source/FDP.The_Liberals) (19.34%), the [SVP](/source/Swiss_People's_Party) (18.48%) and the [SP](/source/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Switzerland) (15.21%). In the federal election, a total of 535 votes were cast, and the [voter turnout](/source/Voter_turnout) was 53.7%.[13]

In the 2009 [Conseil d'État/Staatsrat](/source/Conseil_d'%C3%89tat_(Switzerland)) 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%.[14] In the 2007 [Swiss Council of States election](/source/Swiss_Council_of_States_election%2C_2007) 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%.[15]

## Economy

As of 2010[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Massongex&action=edit), Massongex had an unemployment rate of 4.6%. As of 2008[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Massongex&action=edit), there were 27 people employed in the [primary economic sector](/source/Primary_sector_of_the_economy) and about 12 businesses involved in this sector. 102 people were employed in the [secondary sector](/source/Secondary_sector_of_the_economy) and there were 21 businesses in this sector. 120 people were employed in the [tertiary sector](/source/Tertiary_sector_of_the_economy), with 22 businesses in this sector.[7] There were 628 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.2% of the workforce.

In 2008[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Massongex&action=edit) the total number of [full-time equivalent](/source/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.[16]

In 2000[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Massongex&action=edit), 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.[17] Of the working population, 8.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 73.7% used a private car.[7]

## Religion

From the 2000 census[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Massongex&action=edit), 1,010 or 76.6% were [Roman Catholic](/source/Roman_Catholic), while 140 or 10.6% belonged to the [Swiss Reformed Church](/source/Swiss_Reformed_Church). Of the rest of the population, there were 5 [members of an Orthodox church](/source/Orthodoxy#Christianity) (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 [Jewish](/source/Judaism), and 43 (or about 3.26% of the population) who were [Islamic](/source/Islam). There were 2 individuals who belonged to another church. 68 (or about 5.16% of the population) belonged to no church, are [agnostic](/source/Agnosticism) or [atheist](/source/Atheism), and 37 individuals (or about 2.81% of the population) did not answer the question.[8]

## Education

In Massongex about 477 or (36.2%) of the population have completed non-mandatory [upper secondary education](/source/Education_in_Switzerland#Secondary), and 103 or (7.8%) have completed additional higher education (either [university](/source/List_of_universities_in_Switzerland) or a *[Fachhochschule](/source/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.[8]

As of 2000[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Massongex&action=edit), there was one student in Massongex who came from another municipality, while 102 residents attended schools outside the municipality.[17]

Massongex is home to the *Bibliothèque communale* library. The library has (as of 2008[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Massongex&action=edit)) 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.[18]

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## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Massongex](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Massongex).

- [Official website](http://www.massongex.ch) (in French)

v t e Municipalities in Saint-Maurice District, Switzerland Collonges Dorénaz Evionnaz Finhaut Massongex Salvan Saint-Maurice Vernayaz Vérossaz Canton of Valais: Districts, Municipalities

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