Port-Valais facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Port-Valais
Coat of arms
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Valais
District	Monthey
Area
• Total	14.35 km2 (5.54 sq mi)
Elevation	390 m (1,280 ft)
Population  (Dec 2015 )
• Total	3,899
• Density	271.71/km2 (703.7/sq mi)
Postal code	1897
Localities	Le Bouveret, Les Evouettes
Surrounded by	Chessel (VD), Noville (VD), Saint-Gingolph, Vevey (VD), Vouvry

Port-Valais is a municipality in the district of Monthey in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Geography

Port-Valais

Port-Valais has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 14.4 square kilometers (5.6 sq mi). Of this area, 3.37 km² (1.30 sq mi) or 23.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 7.68 km² (2.97 sq mi) or 53.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.7 km² (0.66 sq mi) or 11.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.44 km² (0.17 sq mi) or 3.1% is either rivers or lakes and 1.13 km² (0.44 sq mi) or 7.9% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.8%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.3% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.1%. Out of the forested land, 51.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 16.3% is used for growing crops and 2.6% is pastures, while 1.5% is used for orchards or vine crops and 3.0% is used for alpine pastures. Of the water in the municipality, 0.5% is in lakes and 2.6% is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 3.8% is unproductive vegetation and 4.0% is too rocky for vegetation.

The municipality is located in the Monthey district, at the mouth of the Rhone into Lake Geneva. It consists of the villages of Le Bouveret and Les Evouettes and the hamlet of Port-Valais.

Images for kids

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  Houses in Le Bouveret

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  Canal in Le Bouveret

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  Reformed church in Le Bouveret