Finhaut

Finhaut village

Coat of arms

Finhaut

Location of Finhaut

Coordinates: 46°5′N 6°58′E / 46.083°N 6.967°ECoordinates: 46°5′N 6°58′E / 46.083°N 6.967°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Pascal May

Area

• Total

22.86 km² (8.83 sq mi)

Elevation

1,224 m (4,016 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

445

• Density

19/km² (50/sq mi)

Postal code

1925

SFOS number

6214

Localities

Finhaut, Giétroz, Châtelard

Surrounded by

Salvan, Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval (FR-74), Trient, Vallorcine (FR-74)

Website

www.finhaut.ch
SFSO statistics

Finhaut is a municipality in the district of Saint-Maurice in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Finhaut is first mentioned in 1293 as Finyaux.

Finhaut has an area, as of 2011^[update], of 22.8 square kilometers (8.8 sq mi). Of this area, 3.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 26.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and 67.8% is unproductive land.

The municipality is located in the Saint-Maurice district, in the upper Trient valley on the French border. It consists of the village of Finhaut and the hamlets of Giétroz and Le Châtelard.

Lac d'Emosson is a reservoir (of the Émosson Dam) partially located in the municipality. The 17th stage of the 2016 Tour de France ended near the dam.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Castle Argent embattled with three towers windowed Sable middle one roofed in chief two Arrows Or in saltire.

Finhaut has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 445. As of 2008^[update], 17.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010 ) the population has changed at a rate of 6.4%. It has changed at a rate of 12.2% due to migration and at a rate of 0% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks French (308 or 96.9%) as their first language, German is the second most common (6 or 1.9%) and Italian is the third (2 or 0.6%).

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