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Saillon
Saillon () is a municipality in the district of Martigny in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. History Saillon is first mentioned in 1052 as ''castellum Psallionis''. The municipality was formerly known by its German name ''Schellon'', however, that name is no longer used. Geography Saillon has an area, , of . Of this area, or 37.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 20.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 8.2% is settled (buildings or roads), or 2.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 31.1% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.1%. Out of the forested land, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saillon
Saillon () is a municipality in the district of Martigny in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. History Saillon is first mentioned in 1052 as ''castellum Psallionis''. The municipality was formerly known by its German name ''Schellon'', however, that name is no longer used. Geography Saillon has an area, , of . Of this area, or 37.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 20.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 8.2% is settled (buildings or roads), or 2.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 31.1% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.1%. Out of the forested land, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saillon Castle
Saillon Castle or Bayard Tower is a ruined castle in the municipality of Saillon of the Canton of Valais in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. History Saillon Castle is composed of several towers and walls built on a steep, rocky ridge above Saillon. There was probably a small castle on the site during the 12th century. The castle was built between 1257 and 1262 and consists of a roughly circular curtain wall which follows the contours of the ridge. On the western side the wall is strengthened by semicircular shell towers about every . The walls stopped at the Rhone river which, at the time, protected the southern side of the castle. Today the Rhone flows a little over from the walls. There were four gates which led into the fortification. The original castle was on the western side of the ridge, but only a few traces of the walls remain. Bayard Tower, the watch tower on top of the ridge, was built in 1259-61 by the master mason François und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saxon, Switzerland
Saxon is a municipality, in the district of Martigny, in the canton of Valais, in Switzerland. History Saxon is first mentioned in 1153 as ''de Saxone''. Geography Saxon has an area, , of . Of this area, 31.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 50.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 9.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and 8.1% is unproductive land. The municipality is located in the Martigny district, along the left bank of the Rhone. It stretches from the Pierre-à-Voir () down to the Rhone. It consists of the villages of Saxon and Gottefrey and scattered hamlets. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is ''Gules a trefoil branch Argent'' Demographics Saxon has a population () of . , 28.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martigny (district)
The district of Martigny is a district in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Valais in Switzerland. It has a population of (as of ). Municipalities It comprises the following Municipalities of Switzerland, municipalities: Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is ''Gules, a Lion rampant double-queued Argent holding a mallet Or.'' Demographics Martigny has a population () of . Most of the population () speaks French language, French (29,848 or 88.6%) as their first language, Portuguese language, Portuguese is the second most common (1,268 or 3.8%) and Italian language, Italian is the third (818 or 2.4%). There are 516 people who speak German language, German and 17 people who speak Romansh language, Romansh. , the gender distribution of the population was 49.4% male and 50.6% female. The population was made up of 14,638 Swiss men (36.4% of the population) and 5,224 (13.0%) non-Swiss men. There were 15,790 Swiss women (39.3%) and 4,518 (11.2%) non-Swiss wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inventory Of Swiss Heritage Sites
The Federal Inventory of Heritage Sites (ISOS) is part of a 1981 Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Council implementing the Federal Law on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage. Sites of national importance Types The types are based on the Ordinance and consolidated/translated as follows: *city: german: Stadt, Stadt/Flecken, it, città, french: ville *town: german: Kleinstadt, Kleinstadt (Flecken), it, borgo, borgo/cittadina, french: petite ville *urbanized village: german: verstädtertes Dorf, it, villaggio urbanizzato, french: village urbanisé, rm, vischnanca urbanisada *village: german: Dorf, it, villaggio, french: village, rm, vischnanca *hamlet: german: Weiler, it, frazione, frazione (casale), french: hameau, rm, aclaun *special case: german: Spezialfall, it, caso particolare, french: cas particulier, cas spécial, rm, cas spezial References * External links ISOS* {{DEFAULTSORT:Heritage Sites Heritage registers in Switzerland Switzerland geograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leytron
Leytron is a municipality in the district of Martigny in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. History Leytron is first mentioned in 1219 as ''Leitrun''. Geography Leytron has an area, , of . Of this area, or 27.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 30.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.3% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes and or 36.2% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, 25.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riddes
Riddes is a municipality in the district of Martigny in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. History Riddes is first mentioned in 1001 as ''Ride''. It was previously known its German name ''Riden'', though that is not used any more. Geography Riddes has an area, , of . Of this area, 37.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 37.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 9.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and 16.4% is unproductive land. The municipality is located in the Martigny district, on the left bank of the Rhone. It consists of the village of Riddes, the hamlet of Auddes, and the vacation resorts of La Tzoumaz in Mayens-de-Riddes and Écône. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is ''Trierced per pale wavy Azure a wheat ear Or in chief two Mullets of Five Argent, Argent a bridge masoned towered Sable and Gules a Grille Or.'' Demographics Riddes has a population () of . , 24.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbentane
Barbentane (; oc, Barbentana) is a commune of the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southern France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Barbentanais'' or ''Barbentanaises'' in French. Geography Barbentane is located at the northernmost point of the Bouches-du-Rhône department immediately south-west of Avignon near a rocky plateau and stretching a few kilometres across a flat low area and low hills where the urban area is located. The northern border of the commune is the departmental border between Bouches-du-Rhône and Vaucluse while the western border is the departmental border with Gard. Access to the commune is by the D35 road from Rognonas in the east, which passes through the commune and the town and continues west, then south-west, to Boulbon. The D570N from Graveson in the south-east passes along the eastern border of the commune then goes east to Rognonas. The D34 goes east from the town to join the D570N. The D77D go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fully
Fully () is a municipality in the district of Martigny in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. History Fully is first mentioned in the 11th Century as ''Fuliacum''. Geography Fully has an area, , of . Of this area, 30.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 27.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and 36.2% is unproductive land. It is on the right bank of the river Rhône and is well known for its wines. Fully is just the administrative name of a group of several villages of Vers-l'Eglise (sometimes called Fully), Branson, Châtaignier and Randonnaz along with a number of hamlets. The natural reserve of Les Follatères (shared between Fully and Dorénaz), located on the south facing slopes above the Rhône elbow, has a variety of animal and plant species normally uncommon in Switzerland. Fully-suisse.jpg, Fully at the foot of the Grand Chavalard Colourful lizard - panoramio.jpg, Green lizard Cactuses.jpg, Cactuses ( Opuntia) C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hearth Tax
A hearth tax was a property tax in certain countries during the medieval and early modern period, levied on each hearth, thus by proxy on wealth. It was calculated based on the number of hearths, or fireplaces, within a municipal area and is considered among the first types of progressive tax. Hearth tax was levied in the Byzantine Empire from the 9th century, France and England from the 14th century, and finally in Scotland and Ireland in the 17th century. History Byzantine Empire In the Byzantine Empire a tax on hearths, known as ''kapnikon'', was first explicitly mentioned for the reign of Nicephorus I (802–811), although its context implies that it was already then old and established and perhaps it should be taken back to the 7th century AD. Kapnikon was a tax levied on households without exceptions for the poor.Haldon, John F. (1997) ''Byzantium in the Seventh Century: the Transformation of a Culture''. Cambridge University Press. France In the 1340s especially, the Kin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
