Mex, Valais
Mex is a former municipality in the district of Saint-Maurice, in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipality of Mex (VS) merged into the municipality of Saint-Maurice. History Mex is first mentioned in 1298 as Meys. Geography Before the merger, Mex had a total area of . Of this area, or 12.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 48.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 2.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.8% is either rivers or lakes and or 33.8% is unproductive land. Of the built-up area, housing and buildings made up 0.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.6%. Out of the forested land, 42.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.0% is used for growing crops and 2.3% is pastures and 10.6% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 9.5% is unproductive vegetation and 24.4% is too rocky for vegetation. The municipality is located in the Saint-Maurice district, on a high plateau () left of the Rhone river and east of the Dents du Midi mountain. It consists of the linear village of Mex. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, between two Pine Trees Vert eradicated Gules and as many pallets wavy Azure three Houses Gules. Demographics Mex had a population (as of 2010) of 154. , 15.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010 ) the population has changed at a rate of 25.4%. It has changed at a rate of 26.3% due to migration and at a rate of 5.9% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (100 or 94.3%) as their first language with the rest speaking German , the population was 47.3% male and 52.7% female. The population was made up of 61 Swiss men (41.2% of the population) and 9 (6.1%) non-Swiss men. There were 68 Swiss women (45.9%) and 10 (6.8%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 43 or about 40.6% were born in Mex and lived there in 2000. There were 12 or 11.3% who were born in the same canton, while 25 or 23.6% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 16 or 15.1% were born outside of Switzerland. , children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 34.9% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 52.8% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 12.3%. , there were 55 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 45 married individuals, 5 widows or widowers and 1 individuals who are divorced. , there were 34 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. There were 10 households that consist of only one person and 5 households with five or more people.