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Hérémence

Hérémence is a municipality in the district of Hérens in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Hérémence
Municipality
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Coat of arms of Hérémence
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Location of Hérémence
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Hérémence is located in Switzerland
Hérémence
Hérémence
Hérémence is located in Canton of Valais
Hérémence
Hérémence
Coordinates: 46°11′N 7°24′E / 46.183°N 7.400°E / 46.183; 7.400
CountrySwitzerland
CantonValais
DistrictHérens
Government
 • MayorRégis Bovier
Area
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 • Total
107.6 km2 (41.5 sq mi)
Elevation
1,237 m (4,058 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[2]
 • Total
1,392
 • Density13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
1987
SFOS number6084
ISO 3166 codeCH-VS
Surrounded byBagnes, Evolène, Nendaz, Saint-Martin, Vex
Websitewww.heremence.ch
SFSO statistics

History

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Hérémence is first mentioned in 1195 as Aremens.[3]

Geography

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Hotel du Barrage and Dixence valley below the La Grande Dixence dam
 
Aerial view (1955)

Hérémence has an area, as of 2011, of 107.6 square kilometers (41.5 sq mi). Of this area, 18.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 18.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and 61.3% is unproductive land.[4]

The municipality is located in the Hérens district, on the left side of the Borgne and the Dixence rivers. The village of Hérémence is at the confluence of the two rivers. It includes the entire Dixence valley, which is one of the side valleys off the main Rhone valley. It consists of the village of Hérémence and the hamlets of Ayer, Euseigne, Mâche, Pralong, Riod and Cerise.

Coat of arms

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The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Mullet Argent.[5]

Demographics

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Hérémence at night

Hérémence has a population (as of December 2020) of 1,433.[6] As of 2008, 5.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals.[7] Over the last 10 years (1999–2009), the population has changed at a rate of -0.5%. It has changed at a rate of 7.4% due to migration and at a rate of -5.4% due to births and deaths.[4]

Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks French (1,262 or 97.5%) as their first language, German is the second most common (18 or 1.4%) and Portuguese is the third (7 or 0.5%). There are four people who speak Italian.[8]

As of 2008, the gender distribution of the population was 49.6% male and 50.4% female. The population was made up of 613 Swiss men (46.5% of the population) and 41 (3.1%) non-Swiss men. There were 629 Swiss women (47.7%) and 36 (2.7%) non-Swiss women.[9] Of the population in the municipality 228 or about (17.6%) were born in Hérémence and lived there in 2000. There were 32 (or 2.5%) who were born in the same canton, while 14 (or 1.1%) were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 27 (or 2.1%) were born outside of Switzerland.[8]

The age distribution of the population (as of 2000) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 20.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.2% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 20.6%.[4]

As of 2000, there were 548 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 644 married individuals, 83 widows or widowers and 19 individuals who are divorced.[8]

As of 2000, there were 450 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household.[4] There were 144 households that consist of only one person and 52 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 523 households that answered this question, 27.5% were households made up of just one person and there were 13 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 134 married couples without children, 126 married couples with children There were 20 single parents with a child or children. There were 13 households that were made up of unrelated people and 73 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.[8]

In 2000, there were 149 single family homes (or 42.3% of the total) out of a total of 352 inhabited buildings. There were 179 multi-family buildings (50.9%), along with 17 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (4.8%) and seven other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (2.0%).[10]

In 2000, a total of 450 apartments (63.8% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 161 apartments (22.8%) were seasonally occupied and 94 apartments (13.3%) were empty.[10] As of 2009, the construction rate of new housing units was 9.9 new units per 1,000 residents.[4] The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010, was 0.48%.[4]

The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][11]

Heritage sites of national significance

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The Saint-Nicolas Church, the aux Fées cave, and the La Grande Dixence dam are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance. The village of Hérémence and the hamlet of Mâche / Mâchette are both part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.[12]

Politics

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In the 2007 federal election, the most popular party was the CVP, which received 56.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (23.33%), the SP (8.98%) and the FDP (4.57%). In the federal election, a total of 802 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 71.3%.[13]

In the 2009 Conseil d'État/Staatsrat election, a total of 754 votes were cast, of which 45 (or about 6.0%) were invalid. The voter participation was 68.2%, which is much more than the cantonal average of 54.67%.[14] In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election, a total of 794 votes were cast, of which 38 (or about 4.8%) were invalid. The voter participation was 72.6%, which is much more than the cantonal average of 59.88%.[15]

Economy

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As of  2010, Hérémence had an unemployment rate of 2.6%. As of 2008, there were 50 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 29 businesses involved in this sector. One hundred and ninety-two people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 13 businesses in this sector. One hundred and sixty-four people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 39 businesses in this sector.[4] There were 576 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.9% of the workforce.

In 2008, the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 323. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 24, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 182 of which 50 (or 27.5%) were in manufacturing and 131 (72.0%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 117. In the tertiary sector, 12 (or 10.3%) were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 15 (or 12.8%) were in the movement and storage of goods, 29 (or 24.8%) were in a hotel or restaurant, one was the insurance or financial industry, two (or 1.7%) were technical professionals or scientists, 25 or 21.4% were in education and eight (or 6.8%) were in health care.[16]

In 2000, there were 89 workers who commuted into the municipality and 338 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 3.8 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.[17] Of the working population, 14.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 52.3% used a private car.[4]

Religion

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St. Jean chapel below the Grande Dixence dam

From the 2000 census, 1,239 (or 95.7%) were Roman Catholic, while 40 or (3.1%) belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there was one member of an Orthodox church, and there was one individual who belongs to another Christian church. Four (or about 0.31% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and nine individuals (or about 0.70% of the population) did not answer the question.[8]

Weather

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Hérémence has an average of 99.8 days of rain or snow per year and on average receives 776 mm (30.6 in) of precipitation. The wettest month is June, during which time Hérémence receives an average of 78 mm (3.1 in) of rain or snow. During this month, there is precipitation for an average of 10.1 days. The driest month of the year is April with an average of 51 mm (2.0 in) of precipitation over 7.7 days.[18]

Education

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In Hérémence, about six (or 0.5% of the population) have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and six or (0.5%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the six who completed tertiary schooling, 66.7% were Swiss men, and 33.3% were Swiss women.[8]

As of 2000, there were 146 students in Hérémence who came from another municipality, while 35 residents attended schools outside the municipality.[17]

Hérémence is home to the Bibliothèque communale et scolaire library. The library has (as of 2008) 5,335 books or other media, and loaned out 2,156 items in the same year. It was open a total of 300 days with average of seven hours per week during that year.[19]

Literature

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  • Alexandre Bourdin: HEREMENCE, son passé et notes sur le Val d'Hérens. (1973); Imprimerie Gessler S.A., Sion; Editions du Château, Sion; 220 pp. (OpenLibrary)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b Hérémence in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 08-September-2011 Archived 5 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Hérémence commune (Valais/Wallis canton, Switzerland)". Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  6. ^ "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  7. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008 Archived 28 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Retrieved 19 June 2010
  8. ^ a b c d e f STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000 Archived 9 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Retrieved 2 February 2011
  9. ^ Ständige Wohnbevolkerung nach Geschlecht und Heimat am 31.12.2009.xls (in German and French) Retrieved 24 August 2011
  10. ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen Archived 7 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Retrieved 28 January 2011
  11. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000 Archived 30 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Retrieved 29 January 2011
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Nationalratswahlen 2007: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung, nach Gemeinden/Bezirk/Canton Archived 14 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Retrieved 28 May 2010
  14. ^ Staatsratswahlen vom 1. März 2009 (in German) Retrieved 24 August 2011
  15. ^ Ständeratswahl 2007 (in German) Retrieved 24 August 2011
  16. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3 Archived 25 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Retrieved 28 January 2011
  17. ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb (in German) Retrieved 24 June 2010
  18. ^ "Temperature and Precipitation Average Values-Table, 1961-1990" (in German, French, and Italian). Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology - MeteoSwiss. Archived from the original on 27 June 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2009., the Hérémence weather station elevation is 1238 meters above sea level.
  19. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office, list of libraries (in German) Retrieved 14 May 2010
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