Veyras, Switzerland

Geschichte

Veyras is a municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.GeographyVeyras has an area, of 1.5km2. Of this area, 0.8km2 or 55.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.13km2 or 9.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.48km2 or 33.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.04km2 or 2.8% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 24.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.2%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.4% of the area Out of the forested land, 4.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.0% is used for growing crops and 2.1% is pastures, while 53.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the unproductive areas, 1.4% is unproductive vegetation and 1.4% is too rocky for vegetation.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, stantant on Coupeaux vert a Warrior Argent holding a spear of the same, in chief sinister a Sun in Splendour Or.DemographicsVeyras has a population of., 12.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010 ) the population has changed at a rate of 13.7%. It has changed at a rate of 14.5% due to migration and at a rate of 1.8% due to births and deaths.Most of the population speaks French (1,196 or 84.1%) as their first language, German is the second most common (165 or 11.6%) and Italian is the third (37 or 2.6%).