Bourg-Saint-Pierre
Bourg-Saint-Pierre (; ) is a municipality in the district of Entremont in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Bourg-Saint-Pierre is the highest inhabited locality of the valley and the last village when ascending the Great Saint Bernard Pass.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Bourg-Saint-Pierre
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Bourg-Saint-Pierre, VS v S 04.jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Bourg-Saint-Pierre with the church of St-Pierre
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Bourg-Saint-Pierre COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Bourg-Saint-Pierre Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Valais
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-VS
- Swiss town.district
- Entremont
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 1946
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 6032
- Swiss town.area
- 90.1
Article
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- History
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Demographics
- Heritage sites of national significance
- Politics
- Economy
- Religion
- Education
- Ski resort
- References
- External links
Bourg-Saint-Pierre (; ) is a municipality in the district of Entremont in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Bourg-Saint-Pierre is the highest inhabited locality of the valley and the last village when ascending the Great Saint Bernard Pass.
==History== Bourg-Saint-Pierre is first mentioned in 1125 as Burgus Sancti Petri. In medieval times, it was a stage on the Via Francigena. A 1693 map of the Valais refers to Bourg-Saint-Pierre as "S Pierre". A 1799 map of the Helvetic Republic shows the town as "Saint Petersburg".