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Salvan
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Also known as Salvan VS

Salvan () 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

via Wikipedia infobox

Official website

COMMUNE DE SALVAN | Salvan

Bienvenue sur le site officiel de la commune de Salvan, située au coeur de la Vallée du Trient.

salvan.ch

Link to the official site · 11,210 chars · not written by Vinony

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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Coat of arms
  • Demographics
  • Twin Towns
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Education
  • Transportation
  • Skiing
  • References
  • External links

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Salvan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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