Bourg-Saint-Pierre (German name: St. Petersburg) is a municipality in the district of Entremont in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Bourg-Saint-Pierre has an area, as of 2011, of 90.2 square kilometers (34.8 sq mi). Of this area, 29.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 6.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and 63.5% is unproductive land.
The municipality is located on the Italian border. It consists of the village of Bourg-Saint-Pierre and the Hospice du Grand Saint-Bernard in the Great St Bernard Pass.
The village of Bourg-Saint-Pierre lies at the foot of the Grand Combin.
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