Conthey District
Conthey
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The district of Conthey (
The Conthey district was created as the 13th district of the Valais as the canton joined the
Municipalities
It contains the following municipalities:
Municipality | Population (31 December 2020)[1] |
Area km2[2] |
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Ardon |
3,379 | 20.35 |
Chamoson | 3,986 | 32.47 |
Conthey | 8,857 | 84.98 |
Nendaz | 6,805 | 86.01 |
Vétroz | 6,397 | 10.45 |
Total | 29,424 | 234.26 |
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, two Lions rampant combatant Gules holding together a Sword Or inverted.[3]
Demographics
Conthey has a population (as of December 2020[update]) of 29,424.[1] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (18,197 or 90.6%) as their first language, German is the second most common (533 or 2.7%) and Portuguese is the third (485 or 2.4%). There are 266 people who speak Italian and 4 people who speak Romansh.[4]
As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 49.6% male and 50.4% female. The population was made up of 9,234 Swiss men (39.3% of the population) and 2,426 (10.3%) non-Swiss men. There were 9,769 Swiss women (41.6%) and 2,066 (8.8%) non-Swiss women.[5] Of the population in the district 9,952 or about 49.5% were born in Conthey and lived there in 2000. There were 4,710 or 23.4% who were born in the same canton, while 1,848 or 9.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 2,845 or 14.2% were born outside of Switzerland.[4]
As of 2000[update], there were 7,876 people who were single and never married in the district. There were 10,191 married individuals, 1,227 widows or widowers and 800 individuals who are divorced.[4]
There were 2,070 households that consist of only one person and 565 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 7,937 households that answered this question, 26.1% were households made up of just one person and there were 113 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 2,100 married couples without children, 2,908 married couples with children There were 456 single parents with a child or children. There were 86 households that were made up of unrelated people and 204 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.[4][6]
The historical population is given in the following chart:[7]
Politics
In the
In the 2009
In the 2007
Religion
From the 2000 census[update], 16,802 or 83.6% were
Education
In Conthey about 6,685 or (33.3%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 1,858 or (9.2%) have completed additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule). Of the 1,858 who completed tertiary schooling, 63.9% were Swiss men, 27.3% were Swiss women, 5.4% were non-Swiss men and 3.4% were non-Swiss women.[4]
References
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data (in German) accessed 25 March 2010
- ^ Flags of the World.com accessed 24-August-2011
- ^ a b c d e f STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000 Archived April 9, 2014, 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
- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen Archived September 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 28 January 2011
- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000 Archived September 30, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 29 January 2011
- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Nationalratswahlen 2007: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung, nach Gemeinden/Bezirk/Canton Archived May 14, 2015, at the Wayback Machine (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
External links
- Conthey District in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.