Monthey District
Monthey
District de Monthey | |
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Municipalities | 9 |
The district of Monthey is a district of the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It has a population of 47,912 (as of 31 December 2020).[1]
Municipalities
It comprises the following municipalities:
Municipality | Population (31 December 2020)[1] |
Area km²[2] |
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Champéry | 1,371 | 38.88 |
Collombey-Muraz | 9,598 | 29.81 |
Monthey | 17,820 | 28.63 |
Port-Valais | 4,283 | 14.35 |
Saint-Gingolph | 964 | 14.38 |
Troistorrents | 4,806 | 36.98 |
Val-d'Illiez | 2,074 | 39.26 |
Vionnaz | 2,753 | 20.93 |
Vouvry | 4,243 | 33.5 |
Total | 47,912 | 256.72 |
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, issuant from coupeaux Vert an Oak-tree proper leaved and fructed of the second.[3]
Demographics
Monthey has a population (as of December 2020[update]) of 47,912.[1] In 2000, most of the population spoke French (29,275 or 87.7%) as their first language; German was the second most common (874 or 2.6%) and Italian was the third (808 or 2.4%). There were 14 people who speak Romansh.[4]
As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 49.7% male and 50.3% female. The population was made up of 14,962 Swiss men (37.1% of the population) and 5,083 (12.6%) non-Swiss men. There were 15,820 Swiss women (39.2%) and 4,451 (11.0%) non-Swiss women.[5] Of the population in the district 11,701 or about 35.0% were born in Monthey and lived there in 2000. There were 6,531 or 19.6% who were born in the same canton, while 6,988 or 20.9% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 7,108 or 21.3% were born outside of Switzerland.[4]
As of 2000[update], there were 13,881 people who were single and never married in the district. There were 15,855 married individuals, 1,776 widows or widowers and 1,877 individuals who are divorced.[4]
There were 4,354 households that consist of only one person and 922 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 13,809 households that answered this question, 31.5% were households made up of just one person and there were 105 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 3,322 married couples without children, 4,519 married couples with children There were 934 single parents with a child or children. There were 185 households that were made up of unrelated people and 390 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
Religion
From the 2000 census[update], 23,500 or 70.4% were
Education
In Monthey about 11,432 or (34.2%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 3,151 or (9.4%) have completed additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule). Of the 3,151 who completed tertiary schooling, 53.7% were Swiss men, 27.3% were Swiss women, 11.4% were non-Swiss men and 7.6% 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 25-August-2011
- ^ a b c d e f STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000 Archived 2014-04-09 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
- ^ 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
- ^ 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