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Versegères

Canton of Valais · District: Entremont · 470 inhabitants (1 January 2023, Val de Bagnes municipal statistics)
Part of the municipality of Val de Bagnes
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Origin of the name Versegères

No early form and no established etymology are known for Versegères.

Founding of Versegères

Versegères is a village of the former municipality of Bagnes, part of the municipality of Val de Bagnes since 2021. Nothing is known of its founding. Its known history centres on its chapel, built in 1684 and dedicated to Saint Peter, and on the oratory at the Sommet des Versegères, where a procession comes to bless the mountain stream.[1]

History of Versegères

1684. The chapel is built, endowed with a fund of 160 florins for three annual masses and dedicated to Saint Peter. The village later chooses Saint Peter in Chains (1 August) as its patronal feast.[1]

1754. Bishop Roten grants a 40-day indulgence for prayers said at the oratory of Our Lady of Compassion, at the Sommet des Versegères.[1]

1786. On his visit the bishop finds the altar's relic cavity open and empty and orders a new altar stone. The chapel then has an annual income of 7 écus and 9 batz for 12 masses.[1]

late 18th century. Date of the complete liturgical vestment of figured silk that the chapel keeps.[1]

1822. Jean-Martin Besse, of the Besse family of Sarreyer, marries into Versegères, settles there and works as notary and judge.[1]

around 1915. The chapel is repaired thanks to a family in which the office of chapel procurator had become almost hereditary.[1]

Population of Versegères

Sources and references: [2]

Population of Versegères
2023470 inhabitants

Historic sites in Versegères

Chapel of Saint-Pierre. Chapel of 1684, once closed only by an open grille, which keeps a vestment of figured silk from the late 18th century.[1]

Oratory of Our Lady of Compassion. Oratory at the Sommet des Versegères where the procession stops during Easter week to bless the mountain stream. An indulgence was granted here in 1754.[1][3]

Sources

  1. Constant Rust, « La vallée de Bagnes et ses vieilles chapelles : histoire et coutumes », Annales valaisannes (numérisé par RERO DOC)
  2. Commune de Val de Bagnes, Office de la population (Stéphane Michellod), « Statistique des habitants » au 1er janvier 2023
  3. geo.admin.ch, recherche de lieux (coordonnées et graphie « Verseggères »)

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