Vollèges is a former municipality in the district of Entremont in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021 the former municipalities of Bagnes and Vollèges merged to form the new municipality of Val de Bagnes.[3]
Vollèges | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Vollèges  | |
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| Coordinates: 46°5′N 7°10′E / 46.083°N 7.167°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Valais |
| District | Entremont |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Christophe Maret |
| Area | |
• Total | 17.9 km2 (6.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 843 m (2,766 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
• Total | 2,018 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 1941 |
| SFOS number | 6036 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-VS |
| Surrounded by | Bagnes, Bovernier, Charrat, Martigny, Saxon, Sembrancher |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Geography
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Vollèges had an area, as of 2011[update], of 17.9 square kilometers (6.9 sq mi). Of this area, 24.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 56.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and 13.3% is unproductive land.[4]
Coat of arms
editThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, on a base Vert a Pine tree eradicated Vert trunked and rooted Maroon in front of two cliffs Argent, in chief two Mullets of Five Or.[5]
Demographics
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Vollèges had a population (as of 2019) of 2,041. As of 2008[update], 5.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals.[6] Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 10.6%. It has changed at a rate of 10.3% due to migration and at a rate of 4.1% due to births and deaths.[4]
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (1,283 or 98.0%) as their first language, German is the second most common (12 or 0.9%) and Italian is the third (5 or 0.4%).[7]
As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 50.1% male and 49.9% female. The population was made up of 730 Swiss men (47.1% of the population) and 46 (3.0%) non-Swiss men. There were 731 Swiss women (47.2%) and 43 (2.8%) non-Swiss women.[8] Of the population in the municipality 835 or about 63.8% were born in Vollèges and lived there in 2000. There were 275 or 21.0% who were born in the same canton, while 111 or 8.5% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 64 or 4.9% were born outside of Switzerland.[7]
The age distribution of the population (as of 2000[update]) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 30.3% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 54.5% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15.2%.[4]
As of 2000[update], there were 568 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 646 married individuals, 65 widows or widowers and 30 individuals who are divorced.[7]
As of 2000[update], there were 440 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.9 persons per household.[4] There were 91 households that consist of only one person and 83 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 447 households that answered this question, 20.4% were households made up of just one person and there were 7 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 106 married couples without children, 205 married couples with children There were 23 single parents with a child or children. There were 8 households that were made up of unrelated people and 7 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.[7]
In 2000[update] there were 444 single family homes (or 79.6% of the total) out of a total of 558 inhabited buildings. There were 72 multi-family buildings (12.9%), along with 28 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (5.0%) and 14 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (2.5%).[9]
In 2000[update], a total of 431 apartments (65.3% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 197 apartments (29.8%) were seasonally occupied and 32 apartments (4.8%) were empty.[9] As of 2009[update], the construction rate of new housing units was 3.2 new units per 1000 residents.[4] The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010[update], was 0.26%.[4]
The historical population is given in the following chart:[10]
Sights
editThe entire village of Vollèges and the hamlet of Vens are designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.[11]
Politics
editIn the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 62.24% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (11.11%), the SP (9.82%) and the SVP (7.55%). In the federal election, a total of 671 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 58.7%.[12]
In the 2009 Conseil d'État/Staatsrat election a total of 587 votes were cast, of which 31 or about 5.3% were invalid. The voter participation was 52.5%, which is similar to the cantonal average of 54.67%.[13] In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election a total of 647 votes were cast, of which 44 or about 6.8% were invalid. The voter participation was 58.3%, which is similar to the cantonal average of 59.88%.[14]
Economy
editAs of 2010[update], Vollèges had an unemployment rate of 3.3%. As of 2008[update], there were 103 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 39 businesses involved in this sector. 137 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 22 businesses in this sector. 164 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 35 businesses in this sector.[4] There were 541 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 37.2% of the workforce.
In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 308. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 46, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 130 of which 80 or (61.5%) were in manufacturing and 46 (35.4%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 132. In the tertiary sector; 39 or 29.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 22 or 16.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 10 or 7.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 1.5% were in the information industry, 11 or 8.3% were the insurance or financial industry, 10 or 7.6% were technical professionals or scientists.[15]
In 2000[update], there were 56 workers who commuted into the municipality and 373 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 6.7 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.[16] Of the working population, 9.6% used public transportation to get to work, and 72.3% used a private car.[4]
Religion
editFrom the 2000 census[update], 1,189 or 90.8% were Roman Catholic, while 41 or 3.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 4 individuals (or about 0.31% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 3 (or about 0.23% of the population) who were Islamic. There were 1 individual who belonged to another church. 42 (or about 3.21% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 31 individuals (or about 2.37% of the population) did not answer the question.[7]
Education
editIn Vollèges about 461 or (35.2%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 92 or (7.0%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 92 who completed tertiary schooling, 71.7% were Swiss men, 25.0% were Swiss women.[7]
As of 2000[update], there were 135 students from Vollèges who attended schools outside the municipality.[16]
Transport
editThe municipality has a railway station, Etiez, on the Martigny–Orsières line.
References
edit- ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ "Applikation der Schweizer Gemeinden". bfs.admin.ch. Swiss Federal Statistical Office. 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 06-September-2011
- ^ Flags of the World.com accessed 06-September-2011
- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008 (in German) accessed 19 June 2010
- ^ a b c d e f STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000 Archived 2013-08-09 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 2 February 2011
- ^ Ständige Wohnbevolkerung nach Geschlecht und Heimat am 31.12.2009.xls (in German and French) accessed 24 August 2011
- ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen Archived 2014-09-07 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 28 January 2011
- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000 Archived 2014-09-30 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 29 January 2011
- ^ "Kantonsliste A-Objekte". KGS Inventar (in German). Federal Office of Civil Protection. 2009. Archived from the original on 28 June 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Nationalratswahlen 2007: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung, nach Gemeinden/Bezirk/Canton (in German) accessed 28 May 2010
- ^ Staatsratswahlen vom 1. März 2009 (in German) accessed 24 August 2011
- ^ Ständeratswahl 2007 (in German) accessed 24 August 2011
- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3 Archived 2014-12-25 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 28 January 2011
- ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb Archived 2012-08-04 at archive.today (in German) accessed 24 June 2010
External links
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- Official website (in French)