What is Martigny, Switzerland?
{{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Martigny | image_photo = Martigny.jpg | municipality_name = Martigny | municipality_type = city | imagepath_coa = CHE Martigny Flag.svg|pixel_coa= | map = Karte Gemeinde Martigny.png | languages = French | canton = Valais | iso-code-region = CH-VS | district = [[Martigny (district)|Martigny]] |coordinates={{coord|46|6|N|7|4|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 1920 | municipality_code = 6136 | area = 24.97 | elevation = 471|elevation_description= | population = 14,973|populationof=2005 | website = www.martigny.ch | mayor = Olivier Dumas|mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = Chemin-Dessous, La Bâtiaz, La Verrerie, Le Guercet, Martigny-Bourg, Martigny-Ville | demonym = Les Martignerains | neighboring_municipalities= [[Bovernier]], [[Charrat]], [[Dorénaz]], [[Fully]], [[Martigny-Combe]], [[Salvan, Switzerland|Salvan]], [[Vernayaz]], [[Vollèges]] | twintowns = [[Vaison-la-Romaine]] (France), [[Sursee]] (Switzerland) |}} '''Martigny''' is the [[capital city]] of the [[French language|French]]-speaking district of [[Martigny (district)|Martigny]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Valais]] in [[Switzerland]]. It is 495 [[meter]]s high. It has a population of about 15,000 people. Martigny is at the joining of [[Italy]], [[France]] and [[Switzerland]], one road linking this town over the [[Great St. Bernard Pass]] to [[Aosta]] (Italy), and the other one, over the [[col de la Forclaz]] to [[Chamonix]] (France). In winter, Martigny is appreciated for its nearby ski resorts like [[Verbier]]. == History == In the [[1st century BC|first century BCE]], present-day Martigny was an [[oppidum]] or [[vicus]] of a [[Celt]]ic tribe, the [[Veragri]]. It was then called '''Octodurus''' or '''Octodurum'''. When [[Julius Caesar]] was in [[Gaul]] ([[57 BC|57]]-[[56 BC|56 BCE]]), he sent [[Servius Sulpicius Galba (praetor 54 BC)|Servius Galba]] with the [[Legio XII Fulminata|twelfth legion]] and som