District d'Entremont

Geschichte

The district of Entremont is a district in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It has a population of.MunicipalitiesIt comprises the following municipalities:Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Ram rampant Argent horned Or and langued and hoofed Gules, pierced by a sword Argent hilted Or, on four mounts Vert.DemographicsEntremont has a population of. Most of the population speaks French (11,149 or 91.9%) as their first language, Portuguese is the second most common (275 or 2.3%) and German is the third (201 or 1.7%). There are 122 people who speak Italian and 2 people who speak Romansh., the gender distribution of the population was 51.1% male and 48.9% female. The population was made up of 5,616 Swiss men (40.4% of the population) and 1,493 (10.7%) non-Swiss men. There were 5,590 Swiss women (40.2%) and 1,208 (8.7%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the district 7,166 or about 59.0% were born in Entremont and lived there in 2000. There were 1,721 or 14.2% who were born in the same canton, while 1,168 or 9.6% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 1,796 or 14.8% were born outside of Switzerland., there were 5,245 people who were single and never married in the district. There were 5,734 married individuals, 754 widows or widowers and 405 individuals who are divorced.