Troistorrents
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Troistorrents is a municipality
in the district of Monthey in the canton
of Valais
in Switzerland
.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.3%. Out of the forested land, 47.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.0% is used for growing crops and 8.9% is pastures and 27.1% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality includes the village of Morgins
.
It is located in the Val d'Illiez
. It is the starting point to reach Morgins via the Val de Morgins. The name Troistorrents comes from the Latin "trans torrentium" which means "on the other side of the torrent".
of the municipal coat of arms
is In azure with three Fir trees Vert stemmed proper, planted on three mountains of the same between which flow two mountain streams in pale Argent which fall into a third stream in fess; the mountain in the middle charged with a woman sitting, clothed Gules and holding on her knees her child dressed Argent and throwing grain Or.
Most of the population speaks French
(3,381 or 94.8%) as their first language, German
is the second most common (90 or 2.5%) and English
is the third (23 or 0.6%). There are 19 people who speak Italian
and 1 person who speaks Romansh.
, the population was 50.1% male and 49.9% female. The population was made up of 1,841 Swiss men (44.4% of the population) and 236 (5.7%) non-Swiss men. There were 1,857 Swiss women (44.8%) and 209 (5.0%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 1,727 or about 48.4% were born in Troistorrents and lived there in 2000. There were 690 or 19.3% who were born in the same canton, while 664 or 18.6% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 375 or 10.5% were born outside of Switzerland.
, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 26.5% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 60.6% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 13%.
, there were 1,491 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 1,776 married individuals, 162 widows or widowers and 138 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 1,364 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. There were 367 households that consist of only one person and 117 households with five or more people. , a total of 1,318 apartments (43.8% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 1,515 apartments (50.3%) were seasonally occupied and 178 apartments (5.9%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 2.4 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.55%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
the most popular party was the CVP
which received 36.37% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP
(24.58%), the FDP
(21.7%) and the SP
(10.35%). In the federal election, a total of 1,479 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 51.1%.
In the 2009 Conseil d'Etat/Staatsrat
election a total of 1,176 votes were cast, of which 123 or about 10.5% were invalid. The voter participation was 41.5%, which is much less than the cantonal average of 54.67%. In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election
election a total of 1,437 votes were cast, of which 106 or about 7.4% were invalid. The voter participation was 50.2%, which is much less than the cantonal average of 59.88%.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 710. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 36, of which 31 were in agriculture and 6 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 262 of which 91 or (34.7%) were in manufacturing and 166 (63.4%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 412. In the tertiary sector; 94 or 22.8% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 34 or 8.3% were in the movement and storage of goods, 73 or 17.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 15 or 3.6% were the insurance or financial industry, 11 or 2.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 55 or 13.3% were in education and 52 or 12.6% were in health care.
, there were 278 workers who commuted into the municipality and 1,163 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 4.2 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 19.1% of the workforce coming into Troistorrents are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 6.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 76.1% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 4 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 0.11% of the population), there were 4 individuals (or about 0.11% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
, and there were 58 individuals (or about 1.63% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was Jewish
, and 19 (or about 0.53% of the population) who were Islam
ic. There was 1 person who was Buddhist
and 3 individuals who belonged to another church. 205 (or about 5.75% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 158 individuals (or about 4.43% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 300 who completed tertiary schooling, 54.0% were Swiss men, 28.3% were Swiss women, 9.3% were non-Swiss men and 8.3% were non-Swiss women.
, there were 115 students in Troistorrents who came from another municipality, while 136 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
Troistorrents is home to the Bibliothèque communale et scolaire library. The library has 11,263 books or other media, and loaned out 12,540 items in the same year. It was open a total of 320 days with average of 8 hours per week during that year.
Municipalities of Switzerland
Communes , also known as municipalities, are the smallest government division in Switzerland, numbering 2,596 . While many have a population of a few hundred citizens, the largest cities such as Zürich or Geneva also have the legal status of municipalities...
in the district of Monthey 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....
.
Geography
Troistorrents has an area, , of 37 square kilometre. Of this area, 13.54 square kilometre or 36.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 19.14 square kilometre or 51.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.72 square kilometre or 7.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.21 square kilometre or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes and 1.34 square kilometre or 3.6% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.3%. Out of the forested land, 47.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.0% is used for growing crops and 8.9% is pastures and 27.1% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality includes the village of Morgins
Morgins
Morgins is a village in the municipality of Troistorrents in the district of Monthey in the canton of Valais in southern Switzerland.It is noted for skiing and is part of the Portes du Soleil ski resort...
.
It is located in the Val d'Illiez
Val d'Illiez
The Val d'Illiez is a valley in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. It separates the northern foothills of the Chablais Alps from the Dents du Midi.Starting from Monthey, the valley splits at Troistorrents:...
. It is the starting point to reach Morgins via the Val de Morgins. The name Troistorrents comes from the Latin "trans torrentium" which means "on the other side of the torrent".
Coat of arms
The blazonBlazon
In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image...
of the municipal coat of arms
Coat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
is In azure with three Fir trees Vert stemmed proper, planted on three mountains of the same between which flow two mountain streams in pale Argent which fall into a third stream in fess; the mountain in the middle charged with a woman sitting, clothed Gules and holding on her knees her child dressed Argent and throwing grain Or.
Demographics
Troistorrents has a population of . , 10.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010 ) the population has changed at a rate of 12.7%. It has changed at a rate of 10% due to migration and at a rate of 4.2% due to births and deaths.Most of the population speaks 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...
(3,381 or 94.8%) as their first language, German
German 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....
is the second most common (90 or 2.5%) and English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
is the third (23 or 0.6%). There are 19 people who speak Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
and 1 person who speaks Romansh.
, the population was 50.1% male and 49.9% female. The population was made up of 1,841 Swiss men (44.4% of the population) and 236 (5.7%) non-Swiss men. There were 1,857 Swiss women (44.8%) and 209 (5.0%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 1,727 or about 48.4% were born in Troistorrents and lived there in 2000. There were 690 or 19.3% who were born in the same canton, while 664 or 18.6% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 375 or 10.5% were born outside of Switzerland.
, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 26.5% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 60.6% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 13%.
, there were 1,491 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 1,776 married individuals, 162 widows or widowers and 138 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 1,364 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. There were 367 households that consist of only one person and 117 households with five or more people. , a total of 1,318 apartments (43.8% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 1,515 apartments (50.3%) were seasonally occupied and 178 apartments (5.9%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 2.4 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.55%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
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 36.37% 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...
(24.58%), 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....
(21.7%) and the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(10.35%). In the federal election, a total of 1,479 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 51.1%.
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 1,176 votes were cast, of which 123 or about 10.5% were invalid. The voter participation was 41.5%, which is much less than 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 1,437 votes were cast, of which 106 or about 7.4% were invalid. The voter participation was 50.2%, which is much less than the cantonal average of 59.88%.
Economy
, Troistorrents had an unemployment rate of 3.7%. , there were 75 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 39 businesses involved in this sector. 275 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 46 businesses in this sector. 506 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 97 businesses in this sector. There were 1,713 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 38.6% of the workforce.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 710. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 36, of which 31 were in agriculture and 6 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 262 of which 91 or (34.7%) were in manufacturing and 166 (63.4%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 412. In the tertiary sector; 94 or 22.8% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 34 or 8.3% were in the movement and storage of goods, 73 or 17.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 15 or 3.6% were the insurance or financial industry, 11 or 2.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 55 or 13.3% were in education and 52 or 12.6% were in health care.
, there were 278 workers who commuted into the municipality and 1,163 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 4.2 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 19.1% of the workforce coming into Troistorrents are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 6.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 76.1% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 2,827 or 79.3% were Roman Catholic, while 312 or 8.7% 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 4 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 0.11% of the population), there were 4 individuals (or about 0.11% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland
The Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland is the Swiss member church of the Union of Utrecht, also known as Old Catholic Church, originally founded by the jansenists, with a later influx of discontented Catholics following their disappointment with the First Vatican Council. It has 14,000...
, and there were 58 individuals (or about 1.63% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was Jewish
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
, and 19 (or about 0.53% of the population) who were Islam
Islam
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ic. There was 1 person who was Buddhist
Buddhism
Buddhism is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha . The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent some time between the 6th and 4th...
and 3 individuals who belonged to another church. 205 (or about 5.75% 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 158 individuals (or about 4.43% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Troistorrents about 1,262 or (35.4%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 300 or (8.4%) 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 300 who completed tertiary schooling, 54.0% were Swiss men, 28.3% were Swiss women, 9.3% were non-Swiss men and 8.3% were non-Swiss women.
, there were 115 students in Troistorrents who came from another municipality, while 136 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
Troistorrents is home to the Bibliothèque communale et scolaire library. The library has 11,263 books or other media, and loaned out 12,540 items in the same year. It was open a total of 320 days with average of 8 hours per week during that year.