Vissoie
Vissoie is a village in the district of Sierre in the Swiss canton of Valais.
The village became an independent municipality in 1905 when it split from the municipalities of Ayer and Grimentz. However, on 1 January 2009 it merged with neighboring Ayer, Chandolin, Grimentz, Saint Jean and Saint-Luc to form the municipality of Anniviers.[1]
Geography
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In 1905 the village expanded with the détachée des communes d'Ayer and de Grimentz.[1] In 2009 Vissoie merged with Ayer, Chandolin, Grimentz, Saint-Jean and Saint-Luc into the municipality of Anniviers.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the village coat of arms is Gules, an Ibex rampant Argent.[3]
Demographics
Vissoie has a population (since December 2008[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) of 375.[4]
Most of the population (since 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) speaks French (399 or 88.5%) as their first language, Portuguese is the second most common (30 or 6.7%) and German is the third (12 or 2.7%). There are 6 people who speak Italian.[5]
Of the population in the village, 219 or about 48.6% were born in Vissoie and lived there in 2000. There were 103 or 22.8% who were born in the same canton, while 35 or 7.8% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 88 or 19.5% were born outside of Switzerland.[5]
since 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 181 people who were single and never married in the village. There were 241 married individuals, 21 widows or widowers and 8 individuals who are divorced.[5]
There were 41 households that consist of only one person and 11 households with five or more people. In 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., a total of 161 apartments (66.8% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 62 apartments (25.7%) were seasonally occupied and 18 apartments (7.5%) were empty.[6]
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Twin Town
Vissoie is twinned with the town of Montferrier-sur-Lez, France.[8]
Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 49.34% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (20.2%), the SP (11.84%) and the SP (11.84%). In the federal election, a total of 222 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 70.7%.[9]
Economy
There were 224 residents of the village who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.3% of the workforce. In 2008[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 205. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 2, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 101 of which 22 or (21.8%) were in manufacturing and 80 (79.2%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 102. In the tertiary sector; 24 or 23.5% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 9 or 8.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 15 or 14.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 4 or 3.9% were the insurance or financial industry, 6 or 5.9% were technical professionals or scientists, 30 or 29.4% were in education and 4 or 3.9% were in health care.[10]
In 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 105 workers who commuted into the village and 93 workers who commuted away. The village is a net importer of workers, with about 1.1 workers entering the village for every one leaving.[11]
Religion
From the 2000 census[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., 399 or 88.5% were Roman Catholic, while 17 or 3.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. There were 2 (or about 0.44% of the population) who were Islamic. There was 1 person who was Hindu. 15 (or about 3.33% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 17 individuals (or about 3.77% of the population) did not answer the question.[5]
Education
In Vissoie about 168 or (37.3%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 39 or (8.6%) have completed additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule). Of the 39 who completed tertiary schooling, 59.0% were Swiss men, 30.8% were Swiss women.[5]
since 2000[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 165 students in Vissoie who came from another village, while 19 residents attended schools outside the village.[11]
Vissoie is home to the Bibliothèque d'Anniviers library. The library has (since 2008[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) 7,002 books or other media, and loaned out 5,395 items in the same year. It was open a total of 167 days with average of 25 hours per week during that year.[12]
References
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- ↑ a b Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office Template:In lang accessed 19 July 2011
- ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office Template:Webarchive accessed 22-September-2011
- ↑ Flags of the World.com accessed 22-September-2011
- ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008 Template:In lang accessed 19 June 2010
- ↑ a b c d e STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000 Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 2 February 2011
- ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 28 January 2011
- ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000 Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 29 January 2011
- ↑ Conseil des Communes et Regions d'Europe Template:In lang accessed 27 April 2011
- ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Nationalratswahlen 2007: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung, nach Gemeinden/Bezirk/Canton Template:In lang accessed 28 May 2010
- ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3 Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 28 January 2011
- ↑ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 24 June 2010
- ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office, list of libraries Template:Webarchive Template:In lang accessed 14 May 2010
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