Val de Bagnes, Switzerland

On 1 January 2021, the existing political communes of Bagnes and Vollèges merged to form the new political commune of Val de Bagnes. Bagnes Bagnes was first mentioned in 1150 as Banie. It was formerly known by its German name, Bangis, although this is no longer used. Before 1150, when it came to the abbey of Saint-Maurice, Bagnes was owned by the Counts of Savoy. It remained under the abbey's authority until 1798, when it became part of the Entremont district. Verbier castle (also called the abbaye) is first mentioned in 1287 in Le Châble and was presumably destroyed in 1476. The facade of the late gothic parish church of St. Mauritius was built in 1520 and the choir was finished in 1534. The ossuary dates back to 1560 and the parish house to the 16th century. In 1953, the village was connected to the Martigny-Sembrancher-Le Châble rail line. ==Geography==

After the merger, Val de Bagnes has an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey), of . ==Demographics==

The new municipality has a population () of . ==Historic Population==

The historical population is given in the following chart: Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width:1100 height:500 PlotArea = height:350 left:100 bottom:90 right:100 Legend = columns:3 left:220 top:70 columnwidth:160 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:10000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:2000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:500 start:0 Colors= id:BA value:yellowgreen legend:Bagnes id:VO value:green legend:Vollèges PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:30 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1850 from: 0 till:4278 text:"4278" color:BA bar:1860 from: 0 till:4327 text:"4327" color:BA bar:1870 from: 0 till:4266 text:"4266" color:BA bar:1880 from: 0 till:4257 text:"4257" color:BA bar:1888 from: 0 till:4233 text:"4233" color:BA bar:1900 from: 0 till:4127 text:"4127" color:BA bar:1910 from: 0 till:4062 text:"4062" color:BA bar:1920 from: 0 till:3997 text:"3997" color:BA bar:1930 from: 0 till:3722 text:"3722" color:BA bar:1941 from: 0 till:3601 text:"3601" color:BA bar:1950 from: 0 till:3609 text:"3609" color:BA bar:1960 from: 0 till:4237 text:"4237" color:BA bar:1970 from: 0 till:4541 text:"4541" color:BA bar:1980 from: 0 till:4652 text:"4652" color:BA bar:1990 from: 0 till:5107 text:"5107" color:BA bar:2000 from: 0 till:6536 text:"6536" color:BA bar:2010 from: 0 till:7787 text:"7787" color:BA bar:1850 from: 4278 till:5147 text:"869" color:VO bar:1860 from: 4327 till:5209 text:"882" color:VO bar:1870 from: 4266 till:5230 text:"964" color:VO bar:1880 from: 4257 till:5215 text:"958" color:VO bar:1888 from: 4233 till:5176 text:"943" color:VO bar:1900 from: 4127 till:5037 text:"910" color:VO bar:1910 from: 4062 till:5042 text:"980" color:VO bar:1920 from: 3997 till:4971 text:"974" color:VO bar:1930 from: 3722 till:4679 text:"957" color:VO bar:1941 from: 3601 till:4613 text:"1012" color:VO bar:1950 from: 3609 till:4602 text:"993" color:VO bar:1960 from: 4237 till:5243 text:"1006" color:VO bar:1970 from: 4541 till:5497 text:"956" color:VO bar:1980 from: 4652 till:5676 text:"1024" color:VO bar:1990 from: 5107 till:6313 text:"1206" color:VO bar:2000 from: 6536 till:7845 text:"1309" color:VO bar:2010 from: 7787 till:9368 text:"1581" color:VO ==Heritage sites of national significance==

The Alpage (alpine pasture) de Louvie and the Church of St-Maurice with ossuary and the former rectory are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance. The villages of Bruson, Le Châble, Médières, Sarreyer and Vollèges along with the hamlets of Fontenelle and Vens are all part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites. ==References==