District de Saint-Maurice
ValaisDistrict de Saint-Maurice is one of 13 districts of the canton of Valais and comprises 9 municipalities with 15'192 residents in all (BFS, 2025). A district is an administrative unit of the canton — a court and administrative area, not a postal delivery area: postal codes and localities follow delivery routes and can cross district borders.
Votes in District de Saint-Maurice
district results as published by BFSPolitics
National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalitiesTax rate in the district
ESTV 2026A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 100 % % in Finhaut to 130 % % in Evionnaz (median 120 % %).
Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 13.7 % in Finhaut to 16.1 % in Vérossaz (ESTV 2'026)
Housing
BFSVacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)
Population change
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesEconomy
BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalitiesAgriculture
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesClimate · Terrain
MeteoSchweiz · swisstopoClimate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon
Energy · Accessibility
BFE · ElCom · ARESolar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (25.044–26.194 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities
Where the municipalities of District de Saint-Maurice rank
sum of its municipalities| Municipalities | Largest municipalities | Foreign residents | Tax burden |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Maurice | 21/122 | 25/122 | 68/122 |
| Massongex | 43/122 | 33/122 | 43/122 |
| Vernayaz | 45/122 | 23/122 | 48/122 |
| Evionnaz | 53/122 | 41/122 | 60/122 |
| Salvan | 54/122 | 96/122 | 34/122 |
| Dorénaz | 68/122 | 52/122 | 54/122 |
| Vérossaz | 73/122 | 100/122 | 96/122 |
| Collonges | 75/122 | 54/122 | 32/122 |
| Finhaut | 99/122 | 14/122 | 7/122 |
3 of these postal codes reach across the district border.
Map
swisstopo · OSM- Which municipalities belong to District de Saint-Maurice?
- District de Saint-Maurice comprises 9 municipalities: Saint-Maurice, Massongex, Vernayaz, Evionnaz, Salvan, Dorénaz, Vérossaz, Collonges, Finhaut. Together they have 15'192 residents (BFS, 2025).
- Which canton is District de Saint-Maurice in?
- District de Saint-Maurice lies in the canton of Valais, which is divided into 13 districts.
- How many people live in District de Saint-Maurice?
- District de Saint-Maurice has 15'192 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 9 municipalities; the largest is Saint-Maurice with 4'656.
- Does District de Saint-Maurice have its own tax rate?
- No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In District de Saint-Maurice the municipal rate ranges from 100 % (Finhaut) to 130 % (Evionnaz).
- How did District de Saint-Maurice vote in the latest federal vote?
- On 14.06.2026, District de Saint-Maurice voted 55.4 % yes on “Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)” (Accepted) — the district figure BFS publishes.
Districts exist in 17 cantons; UR, OW, NW, GL, ZG, BS, AI, NE and GE have no such level.