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