Nendaz

Geschichte

Nendaz is a municipality in the district of Conthey in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.HistoryNendaz is first mentioned in 984 as Nenda. It was also known under its German name Neind though that name is no longer used.GeographyNendaz has an area, of 85.9km2. Of this area, 27.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 31.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 4.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and 37.0% is unproductive land.The municipality is located in the middle Valais, and stretches from the left bank of the Rhone river (490m) up to the peak of the Rosablanche (3336m). It consists of about 15 villages and hamlets including Basse-Nendaz, Haute-Nendaz, Bieudron, Aproz, Baar, Brignon and Beuson.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Bend Gules between two PomenranatesDemographicsNendaz has a population of., 10.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 10.6%. It has changed at a rate of 8.5% due to migration and at a rate of 1.1% due to births and deaths.Most of the population speaks French (5,029 or 94.0%) as their first language, German is the second most common (164 or 3.1%) and Portuguese is the third (45 or 0.8%). There are 23 people who speak Italian and 2 people who speak Romansh.