Reckingen-Gluringen
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Reckingen-Gluringen is a municipality
in the district of Goms in the canton
of Valais
in Switzerland
. It was formed in 2004 from the union of the municipalities of Reckingen and Gluringen.
Reckingen lies on both sides of the Rhone
river. It consists of three loosely interconnected settlements. Gluringen is on the north flank of the Rhone valley.
Reckingen-Gluringen has a population of . , 6.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -13.9%. It has changed at a rate of -7.4% due to migration and at a rate of -3.3% due to births and deaths.
, the gender distribution of the population was 50.1% male and 49.9% female. The population was made up of 228 Swiss men (46.4% of the population) and 18 (3.7%) non-Swiss men. There were 230 Swiss women (46.8%) and 15 (3.1%) non-Swiss women.
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 25.9% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 56.1% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 18%.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.59 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.63 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 79.3% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage
or a rent-to-own agreement).
(344 or 96.6%) as their first language, French
is the second most common (4 or 1.1%) and Serbo-Croatian
is the third (3 or 0.8%).
Of the population in the municipality 210 or about 59.0% were born in Reckingen and lived there in 2000. There were 92 or 25.8% who were born in the same canton, while 20 or 5.6% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 25 or 7.0% were born outside of Switzerland.
, there were 144 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 173 married individuals, 30 widows or widowers and 9 individuals who are divorced.
There were 37 households that consist of only one person and 11 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 139 households that answered this question, 26.6% were households made up of just one person and there were 5 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 29 married couples without children, 53 married couples with children There were 8 single parents with a child or children. There were 3 households that were made up of unrelated people and 4 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 100 single family homes (or 47.2% of the total) out of a total of 212 inhabited buildings. There were 82 multi-family buildings (38.7%), along with 16 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (7.5%) and 14 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (6.6%).
, a total of 133 apartments (38.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 198 apartments (57.6%) were seasonally occupied and 13 apartments (3.8%) were empty.
is the third (4 or 2.5%).
Of the population in the municipality 81 or about 50.3% were born in Gluringen and lived there in 2000. There were 45 or 28.0% who were born in the same canton, while 18 or 11.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 15 or 9.3% were born outside of Switzerland.
, there were 63 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 81 married individuals, 12 widows or widowers and 5 individuals who are divorced.
There were 12 households that consist of only one person and 6 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 62 households that answered this question, 19.4% were households made up of just one person and there was 1 adult who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 16 married couples without children, 25 married couples with children There was one single parent with a child or children. There were 2 households that were made up of unrelated people and 5 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 23 single family homes (or 37.1% of the total) out of a total of 62 inhabited buildings. There were 29 multi-family buildings (46.8%), along with 3 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (4.8%) and 7 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (11.3%).
, a total of 55 apartments (46.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 54 apartments (45.8%) were seasonally occupied and 9 apartments (7.6%) were empty.
The Church of Mariä Geburt is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance
. Both the villages of Gluringen and Reckingen are part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
.
the most popular party was the CVP
which received 71.36% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP
(12.45%), the SP
(9.06%) and the FDP
(5.74%). In the federal election, a total of 247 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 58.9%.
In the 2009 Conseil d'Etat/Staatsrat
election a total of 215 votes were cast, of which 30 or about 14.0% were invalid. The voter participation was 53.8%, which is similar to the cantonal average of 54.67%. In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election
election a total of 241 votes were cast, of which 6 or about 2.5% were invalid. The voter participation was 60.0%, which is similar to the cantonal average of 59.88%.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 121. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 16, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 22 of which 9 or (40.9%) were in manufacturing and 13 (59.1%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 83. In the tertiary sector; 16 or 19.3% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 3.6% were in the movement and storage of goods, 49 or 59.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 6 or 7.2% were the insurance or financial industry, 4 or 4.8% were technical professionals or scientists.
Of the working population, 7.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 42.7% used a private car.
There were 155 residents of Reckingen who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.9% of the workforce. , there were 89 workers who commuted into the municipality and 75 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 1.2 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving.
There were 79 residents of Gluringen who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.5% of the workforce. , there were 25 workers who commuted into the municipality and 22 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 1.1 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 3 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 0.84% of the population). There were 7 (or about 1.97% of the population) who were Islam
ic. 6 (or about 1.69% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 5 individuals (or about 1.40% of the population) did not answer the question.
In Gluringen, 142 or 88.2% were Roman Catholic, while 10 or 6.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 6 members of an Orthodox church (or about 3.73% of the population), and there was 1 individual who belongs to another Christian church. 1 (or about 0.62% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 1 individuals (or about 0.62% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 20 who completed tertiary schooling, 75.0% were Swiss men, 15.0% were Swiss women.
, there were 13 students in Reckingen who came from another municipality, while 41 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
In Gluringen about 55 or (34.2%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 9 or (5.6%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 9 who completed tertiary schooling, 55.6% were Swiss men, 11.1% were Swiss women.
, there were 2 students in Gluringen who came from another municipality, while 18 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
Municipalities of Switzerland
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in the district of Goms in the canton
Cantons of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...
of Valais
Valais
The Valais is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland in the southwestern part of the country, around the valley of the Rhône from its headwaters to Lake Geneva, separating the Pennine Alps from the Bernese Alps. The canton is one of the drier parts of Switzerland in its central Rhône valley...
in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. It was formed in 2004 from the union of the municipalities of Reckingen and Gluringen.
History
Reckingen is first mentioned in 1225 as Requinguen. Gluringen is first mentioned in 1203 as Gluringen.Geography
Reckingen-Gluringen has an area, , of 41.3 square kilometre. Of this area, 27.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 19.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and 51.8% is unproductive land.Reckingen lies on both sides of the Rhone
Rhône
Rhone can refer to:* Rhone, one of the major rivers of Europe, running through Switzerland and France* Rhône Glacier, the source of the Rhone River and one of the primary contributors to Lake Geneva in the far eastern end of the canton of Valais in Switzerland...
river. It consists of three loosely interconnected settlements. Gluringen is on the north flank of the Rhone valley.
Demographics
, the gender distribution of the population was 50.1% male and 49.9% female. The population was made up of 228 Swiss men (46.4% of the population) and 18 (3.7%) non-Swiss men. There were 230 Swiss women (46.8%) and 15 (3.1%) non-Swiss women.
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 25.9% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 56.1% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 18%.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.59 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.63 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 79.3% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage
Mortgage loan
A mortgage loan is a loan secured by real property through the use of a mortgage note which evidences the existence of the loan and the encumbrance of that realty through the granting of a mortgage which secures the loan...
or a rent-to-own agreement).
Reckingen demographics
Most of the population, in Reckingen speaks GermanGerman language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
(344 or 96.6%) as their first language, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
is the second most common (4 or 1.1%) and Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian or Serbo-Croat, less commonly Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian , is a South Slavic language with multiple standards and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro...
is the third (3 or 0.8%).
Of the population in the municipality 210 or about 59.0% were born in Reckingen and lived there in 2000. There were 92 or 25.8% who were born in the same canton, while 20 or 5.6% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 25 or 7.0% were born outside of Switzerland.
, there were 144 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 173 married individuals, 30 widows or widowers and 9 individuals who are divorced.
There were 37 households that consist of only one person and 11 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 139 households that answered this question, 26.6% were households made up of just one person and there were 5 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 29 married couples without children, 53 married couples with children There were 8 single parents with a child or children. There were 3 households that were made up of unrelated people and 4 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 100 single family homes (or 47.2% of the total) out of a total of 212 inhabited buildings. There were 82 multi-family buildings (38.7%), along with 16 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (7.5%) and 14 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (6.6%).
, a total of 133 apartments (38.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 198 apartments (57.6%) were seasonally occupied and 13 apartments (3.8%) were empty.
Gluringen demographics
Most of the population, in Gluringen , speaks German (150 or 93.2%) as their first language, Serbo-Croatian is the second most common (6 or 3.7%) and PortuguesePortuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
is the third (4 or 2.5%).
Of the population in the municipality 81 or about 50.3% were born in Gluringen and lived there in 2000. There were 45 or 28.0% who were born in the same canton, while 18 or 11.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 15 or 9.3% were born outside of Switzerland.
, there were 63 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 81 married individuals, 12 widows or widowers and 5 individuals who are divorced.
There were 12 households that consist of only one person and 6 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 62 households that answered this question, 19.4% were households made up of just one person and there was 1 adult who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 16 married couples without children, 25 married couples with children There was one single parent with a child or children. There were 2 households that were made up of unrelated people and 5 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 23 single family homes (or 37.1% of the total) out of a total of 62 inhabited buildings. There were 29 multi-family buildings (46.8%), along with 3 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (4.8%) and 7 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (11.3%).
, a total of 55 apartments (46.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 54 apartments (45.8%) were seasonally occupied and 9 apartments (7.6%) were empty.
Heritage sites of national significance
Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance
The Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance is a register of some 8,300 items of cultural property in Switzerland...
. Both the villages of Gluringen and Reckingen are part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
The Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites is part of a 1981 Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Council implementing the Federal Law on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage.-Sites of national importance:-Types:...
.
Politics
In the 2007 federal electionSwiss federal election, 2007
Elections to the Swiss Federal Assembly, the federal parliament of Switzerland, were held on Sunday, 21 October 2007. In a few cantons, a second round of the elections to the Council of States was held on 11 November, 18 November, and 25 November 2007...
the most popular party was the CVP
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland is a Christian democratic political party in Switzerland. It is the fourth-largest party in the National Council, with 31 seats, and the largest in the Council of States, with 15 seats. It has one seat, that of Doris Leuthard, on the Swiss...
which received 71.36% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP
Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party , also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre , is a conservative political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Toni Brunner, but spearheaded by Christoph Blocher, the party is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 58 members of the National Council and 6 of...
(12.45%), the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(9.06%) and the FDP
FDP.The Liberals
FDP.The Liberals is a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It is the joint-largest party in the Federal Council, third-largest party in the National Council, and second-largest in the Council of States....
(5.74%). In the federal election, a total of 247 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
Voter turnout
Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s...
was 58.9%.
In the 2009 Conseil d'Etat/Staatsrat
Conseil d'Etat (Switzerland)
In Switzerland, Conseil d'Etat is the name of the council constituting the cantonal government of French-speaking cantons. It is not to be confused with the Conseil des États which is a chamber of the Swiss parliament....
election a total of 215 votes were cast, of which 30 or about 14.0% were invalid. The voter participation was 53.8%, which is similar to the cantonal average of 54.67%. In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election
Swiss Council of States election, 2007
Elections were held to the Council of States of Switzerland in October and November 2007 as part of the 2007 federal election. All 46 members of the Council of States were elected from all cantons of Switzerland. The first round was held on 21 October...
election a total of 241 votes were cast, of which 6 or about 2.5% were invalid. The voter participation was 60.0%, which is similar to the cantonal average of 59.88%.
Economy
, Reckingen-Gluringen had an unemployment rate of 1.8%. , there were 25 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 15 businesses involved in this sector. 29 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 11 businesses in this sector. 104 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 21 businesses in this sector.the total number of full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
jobs was 121. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 16, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 22 of which 9 or (40.9%) were in manufacturing and 13 (59.1%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 83. In the tertiary sector; 16 or 19.3% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 3.6% were in the movement and storage of goods, 49 or 59.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 6 or 7.2% were the insurance or financial industry, 4 or 4.8% were technical professionals or scientists.
Of the working population, 7.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 42.7% used a private car.
There were 155 residents of Reckingen who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.9% of the workforce. , there were 89 workers who commuted into the municipality and 75 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 1.2 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving.
There were 79 residents of Gluringen who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.5% of the workforce. , there were 25 workers who commuted into the municipality and 22 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 1.1 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving.
Religion
From the in Reckingen, 327 or 91.9% were Roman Catholic, while 8 or 2.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed ChurchSwiss Reformed Church
The Reformed branch of Protestantism in Switzerland was started in Zürich by Huldrych Zwingli and spread within a few years to Basel , Bern , St...
. Of the rest of the population, there were 3 members of an Orthodox church
Orthodox Christianity
The term Orthodox Christianity may refer to:* the Eastern Orthodox Church and its various geographical subdivisions...
(or about 0.84% of the population). There were 7 (or about 1.97% of the population) who were Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
ic. 6 (or about 1.69% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
Agnosticism
Agnosticism is the view that the truth value of certain claims—especially claims about the existence or non-existence of any deity, but also other religious and metaphysical claims—is unknown or unknowable....
or atheist
Atheism
Atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities. In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities...
, and 5 individuals (or about 1.40% of the population) did not answer the question.
In Gluringen, 142 or 88.2% were Roman Catholic, while 10 or 6.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 6 members of an Orthodox church (or about 3.73% of the population), and there was 1 individual who belongs to another Christian church. 1 (or about 0.62% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 1 individuals (or about 0.62% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Reckingen about 129 or (36.2%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 20 or (5.6%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a FachhochschuleFachhochschule
A Fachhochschule or University of Applied Sciences is a German type of tertiary education institution, sometimes specialized in certain topical areas . Fachhochschulen were founded in Germany and later adopted by Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Greece...
). Of the 20 who completed tertiary schooling, 75.0% were Swiss men, 15.0% were Swiss women.
, there were 13 students in Reckingen who came from another municipality, while 41 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
In Gluringen about 55 or (34.2%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 9 or (5.6%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 9 who completed tertiary schooling, 55.6% were Swiss men, 11.1% were Swiss women.
, there were 2 students in Gluringen who came from another municipality, while 18 residents attended schools outside the municipality.