Salvan
Sign in to saveSalvan () is a municipality in the Saint-Maurice District, in Valais, Switzerland.
Key facts
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 1922
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Salvan
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Salvan.jpg
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Salvan COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Salvan Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Valais
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-VS
- Swiss town.district
- Saint-Maurice
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 6218
- Swiss town.area
- 53.5
- Swiss town.elevation
- 912
- Swiss town.population
- 1118
- Swiss town.populationof
- December 2002
- Swiss town.popofyear
- 2002
- Swiss town.website
- www.salvan.ch
- Swiss town.mayor
- Florian Piasenta
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Evionnaz, Finhaut, Martigny, Martigny-Combe, Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval (FR-74), Trient, Vernayaz
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Salvan () is a municipality in the Saint-Maurice District, in Valais, Switzerland.
==History== Salvan is first mentioned in 1018 as cum Silvano. Around 1025-31 it was mentioned as in monte Salvano. The municipality was formerly known by its German name , however, that name is no longer used. In the 11th century, the Abbey of Saint-Maurice had rights over Salvan (as well as Ottanel), probably donated to it by Rudolph III of Burgundy. In the 19th century, Salvan developed rapidly as a resort after the creation of a carriage road in 1855, and in 1906 the Martigny–Châtelard line.