Les Follatères

Geschichte

Fully is a municipality in the district of Martigny in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.HistoryFully is first mentioned in the 11th Century as Fuliacum.GeographyFully has an area, of 37.8km2. Of this area, 30.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 27.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and 36.2% is unproductive land.It is on the right bank of the river Rhône and is well known for its wines. Fully is just the administrative name of a group of several villages of Vers-l'Eglise (sometimes called Fully), Branson, Châtaignier and Randonnaz along with a number of hamlets.The natural reserve of Les Follatères (shared between Fully and Dorénaz), located on the south facing slopes above the Rhône elbow, has a variety of animal and plant species normally uncommon in Switzerland.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess, Gules two Grapes Or slipped Vert and Azure a Church Or doored and roofed Sable.DemographicsFully has a population of., 18.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010 ) the population has changed at a rate of 28.8%. It has changed at a rate of 21.5% due to migration and at a rate of 5.3% due to births and deaths.Most of the population speaks French (5,134 or 91.9%) as their first language, Portuguese is the second most common (195 or 3.5%) and Albanian is the third (82 or 1.5%). There are 52 people who speak German, 47 people who speak Italian and 4 people who speak Romansh.