Mex, Valais

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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. Mex is first mentioned in 1298 as Meys. Before the merger, Mex had a total area of 7.9 km (3.1 mi). Of this area, 1.02 km (0.39 mi) or 12.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.87 km (1.49 mi) or 48.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.2 km (0.077 mi) or 2.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.14 km (35 acres) or 1.8% is either rivers or lakes and 2.68 km (1.03 mi) 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.