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Bruson

Canton of Valais · District: Entremont · No published figure for the locality. The municipality of Val de Bagnes has 11'042 inhabitants (31.12.2025, provisional FSO figure)
Part of the municipality of Val de Bagnes
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Origin of the name Bruson

Where the name Bruson comes from is not known.

Founding of Bruson

Bruson is a village of the former municipality of Bagnes, part of the municipality of Val de Bagnes since 2021. Perched above the valley, not far from Verbier, it gained a chapel dedicated to Saint Michael, its patron, in 1658. How old the village itself is remains unknown. Fionnay became the valley's first summer resort in 1890, and Bruson and then Verbier followed. A small ski area was created at Bruson in 1962. Its company joined Téléverbier in 1978, and a gondola has linked it to Le Châble since 2013.[1][2][4][5]

History of Bruson

1658. Erection of the chapel of Saint-Michel, then limited to a choir and a vaulted nave.[2]

1834. Construction of a bell tower at the entrance to the chapel nave.[2]

1896. The arches of the porch are incorporated into the chapel to gain space.[2]

1924. Construction of a vestry.[2]

1946. The chapel's vault is repaired and its render restored.[2]

1960. Complete restoration of the chapel, which leads to local disputes.[2]

1962. Creation of the ski resort, with three lifts linking the village to the ridge above La Pasay: the Moay and Pasay T-bars and the Bruson-La Côt chairlift.[4]

1976. Construction of the Grand-Tsai T-bar.[4]

1978. The Bruson lift company joins Téléverbier, which takes over the village network.[5][6]

2011. First freeride contest in Bruson, the origin of the « No Limits Freeride Week ».[3]

2013. The Bruson-La Côt chairlift is taken out of service. The Le Châble-Mayens de Bruson gondola opens on 21 December.[4]

2022. Opening of a new chairlift and a restaurant in Bruson.[5]

Historic sites in Bruson

Chapel of Saint-Michel. Chapel erected in 1658, extended with a porch, given a bell tower in 1834 and a vestry in 1924. Its paintings and stained glass are by Jean-Claude Morend. The patronal feast is celebrated on 8 May rather than 29 September. According to the village elders, the village was almost empty in autumn, when the herders were in their mountain chalets.[2]

Mayens de Bruson. Arrival area of the Bruson lifts, linked to Le Châble by a gondola since 21 December 2013.[4]

Sources

  1. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Bagnes, Val de » (Jean-Yves Gabbud, version du 31.03.2011, version allemande lue)
  2. Verbier Tourisme, « Bruson Chapel »
  3. Verbier Tourisme, « Bruson »
  4. remontees-mecaniques.net, station de Bruson (historique des remontées)
  5. Téléverbier, « A bit of history »
  6. seeverbier.com, « History »
  7. Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS), STATPOP, chiffres provisoires au 31.12.2025, via citypopulation.de
  8. geo.admin.ch, recherche de lieux (coordonnées)

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