Isérables

Geschichte

Isérables is a municipality in the district of Martigny in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.HistoryIsérables is first mentioned in 1227 as Aserablos. In 1324 it was mentioned as Yserablo.GeographyIsérables has an area, of 15.3km2. Of this area, 22.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 50.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and 24.8% is unproductive land.The municipality is located in the Martigny district, in the mountains above Riddes and the left bank of the Rhone.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per bend Azure and Or overall a Maple leaf Vert in base Coupeaux of the same. The maple (érable) leaf is an example of canting.DemographicsIsérables has a population of., 2.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010 ) the population has changed at a rate of -5.7%. It has changed at a rate of -1.6% due to migration and at a rate of -3.5% due to births and deaths.Most of the population speaks French (912 or 99.8%) as their first language with the rest speaking German., the gender distribution of the population was 50.2% male and 49.8% female. The population was made up of 432 Swiss men (48.4% of the population) and 16 (1.8%) non-Swiss men. There were 434 Swiss women (48.7%) and 10 (1.1%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 771 or about 84.4% were born in Isérables and lived there in 2000. There were 65 or 7.1% who were born in the same canton, while 21 or 2.3% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 19 or 2.1% were born outside of Switzerland.