Ergisch

Geschichte

Ergisch is a municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.HistoryErgisch is first mentioned in 1203 as Mons de Argessa.GeographyErgisch has an area, of 29.8km2. Of this area, 20.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 38.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and 40.1% is unproductive land.The municipality is located in the Leuk district, at an elevation of 1090m on the slope left side of the Rhone valley at the entrance to the Turtmann valley.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Azure three Mullets of Six Argent one and two and Gules a Fleur-de-lis and a Double Cross of the second.DemographicsErgisch has a population of., 5.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 17.5%. It has changed at a rate of 11.3% due to migration and at a rate of -6.9% due to births and deaths.All of the population speaks German., the gender distribution of the population was 50.0% male and 50.0% female. The population was made up of 89 Swiss men (47.3% of the population) and 5 (2.7%) non-Swiss men. There were 89 Swiss women (47.3%) and 5 (2.7%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 118 or about 67.0% were born in Ergisch and lived there in 2000. There were 39 or 22.2% who were born in the same canton, while 15 or 8.5% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 4 or 2.3% were born outside of Switzerland.