Veysonnaz

Geschichte

Veysonnaz is a municipality in the district of Sion in the Swiss canton of Valais.GeographyVeysonnaz has an area, of 1.1km2. Of this area, 0.32km2 or 29.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.49km2 or 44.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.29km2 or 26.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.01km2 or 0.9% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 13.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 10.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.8% of the area Out of the forested land, 34.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 10.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.0% is used for growing crops and 26.4% is pastures, while 2.7% is used for orchards or vine crops.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, issuant from Coupeaux Vert a Pine Tree of the same trunked proper.DemographicsVeysonnaz has a population of., 14.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010 ) the population has changed at a rate of 8.6%. It has changed at a rate of -0.4% due to migration and at a rate of 2.4% due to births and deaths.Most of the population speaks French (441 or 94.4%) as their first language, German is the second most common (9 or 1.9%) and Portuguese is the third (6 or 1.3%). There are 2 people who speak Italian.