Upper Saxony
It was particularly to distinguish the lands from 'Lower Saxony', a concept which arose later in popular usage (though never enforced) as a term for the original Saxon lands in north and west Germany (where Low German dialects had spread), in what is now the state of Lower Saxony, as well as the adjacent Westphalian region, Holstein and the western part of today's Saxony-Anhalt north of the Harz range (Eastphalia).
Saxon, Switzerland
The municipality is located in the Martigny district, along the left bank of the Rhone. It stretches from the Pierre-à-Voir () down to the Rhone. It consists of the villages of Saxon and Gottefrey and scattered hamlets.