|
Chamoson
Chamoson is a municipality in the district of Conthey in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. History Chamoson is first mentioned in 1050 as ''Camusia''. In 1233 it was mentioned as ''Scamosun''. Geography Chamoson has an area, , of . Of this area, or 24.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 31.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.7% is either rivers or lakes and or 35.2% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. Out of the forested land, 25.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.9% is covered with orchard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conthey (district)
The district of Conthey (french: District de Conthey, german: Bezirk Gundis) is an administrative district in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It has a population of (as of ). The Conthey district was created as the 13th district of the Valais as the canton joined the restored Swiss Confederacy in 1815, accounting for the thirteen stars in the coat of arms of Valais. Municipalities It contains the following municipalities: Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is ''Argent, two Lions rampant combatant Gules holding together a Sword Or inverted.'' Demographics Conthey has a population () of . Most of the population () speaks French (18,197 or 90.6%) as their first language, German is the second most common (533 or 2.7%) and Portuguese is the third (485 or 2.4%). There are 266 people who speak Italian and 4 people who speak Romansh. , the gender distribution of the population was 49.6% male and 50.4% female. The population was made up of 9,234 Swiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conthey
Conthey is a municipality in the district of Conthey in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. History Conthey is first mentioned about 800 as ''curtis Contextis''. In 1146 it was mentioned as ''ecclesiam de Plano Contesio''. Geography Conthey has an area, , of . Of this area, or 23.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 26.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.0% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.9% is either rivers or lakes and or 44.5% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.5%. Out of the forested land, 21.3% of the total land area is heavily forested a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leytron
Leytron is a municipality in the district of Martigny in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. History Leytron is first mentioned in 1219 as ''Leitrun''. Geography Leytron has an area, , of . Of this area, or 27.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 30.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.3% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes and or 36.2% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, 25.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nendaz
Nendaz is a municipality in the district of Conthey in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. History Nendaz is first mentioned in 984 as ''Nenda''. It was also known under its German name ''Neind'' though that name is no longer used. Geography Nendaz has an area, , of . 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 () up to the peak of the Rosablanche (). It consists of about 15 villages and hamlets including Basse-Nendaz, Haute-Nendaz, Bieudron, Aproz, Baar, Brignon and Beuson. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is ''Azure, a Bend Gules between two Pomenranates''. Demographics Nendaz has a population () of . , 10.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riddes
Riddes is a municipality in the district of Martigny in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. History Riddes is first mentioned in 1001 as ''Ride''. It was previously known its German name ''Riden'', though that is not used any more. Geography Riddes has an area, , of . Of this area, 37.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 37.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 9.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and 16.4% is unproductive land. The municipality is located in the Martigny district, on the left bank of the Rhone. It consists of the village of Riddes, the hamlet of Auddes, and the vacation resorts of La Tzoumaz in Mayens-de-Riddes and Écône. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is ''Trierced per pale wavy Azure a wheat ear Or in chief two Mullets of Five Argent, Argent a bridge masoned towered Sable and Gules a Grille Or.'' Demographics Riddes has a population () of . , 24.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ardon, Switzerland
Ardon is a municipality in the district of Conthey in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. History Ardon is first mentioned at the end of the 11th Century as ''Ardunum''. In 1179 it was mentioned as ''Ardun''. Geography Ardon has an area, , of . Of this area, or 20.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 31.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.8% is either rivers or lakes and or 40.8% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.6%. Out of the forested land, 25.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.4% is covered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inventory Of Swiss Heritage Sites
The Federal Inventory of Heritage Sites (ISOS) 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 The types are based on the Ordinance and consolidated/translated as follows: *city: german: Stadt, Stadt/Flecken, it, città, french: ville *town: german: Kleinstadt, Kleinstadt (Flecken), it, borgo, borgo/cittadina, french: petite ville *urbanized village: german: verstädtertes Dorf, it, villaggio urbanizzato, french: village urbanisé, rm, vischnanca urbanisada *village: german: Dorf, it, villaggio, french: village, rm, vischnanca *hamlet: german: Weiler, it, frazione, frazione (casale), french: hameau, rm, aclaun *special case: german: Spezialfall, it, caso particolare, french: cas particulier, cas spécial, rm, cas spezial References * External links ISOS* {{DEFAULTSORT:Heritage Sites Heritage registers in Switzerland Switzerland geograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party (german: Schweizerische Volkspartei, SVP; rm, Partida populara Svizra, PPS), also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre (french: Union démocratique du centre, UDC; it, Unione Democratica di Centro, UDC), is a national-conservative, right-wing populist political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Marco Chiesa, it is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 53 members of the National Council and 6 of the Council of States. The SVP originated in 1971 as a merger of the Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents (BGB) and the Democratic Party, while the BGB, in turn, had been founded in the context of the emerging local farmers' parties in the late 1910s. The SVP initially did not enjoy any increased support beyond that of the BGB, retaining around 11% of the vote through the 1970s and 1980s. This changed however during the 1990s, when the party underwent deep structural and ideological changes under the influence of Christoph Blocher; the SVP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Swiss Federal Election
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. For the 48th legislative term of the federal parliament (2007–2011), voters in 26 cantons elected all 200 members of the National Council as well as 43 out of 46 members of the Council of States. The other three members of the Council of States for that term of service were elected at an earlier date.The date of the election of the members of the Council of States is a matter of cantonal law. 24 cantons have chosen to let the elections coincide with the federally regulated National Council elections. Two cantons are electing their members of the Council of States at an earlier date: Zug reelected its incumbents Peter Bieri and Rolf Schweiger on 29 October 2006, while Appenzell Innerrhoden elected Ivo Bischofsberger as its on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Democratic People's Party Of Switzerland
The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland (german: Christlichdemokratische Volkspartei der Schweiz, CVP), also called the Christian Democratic Party (french: Parti démocrate-chrétien, PDC), Democratic People's Party ( it, Partito Popolare Democratico, PPD) and Swiss Christian Democratic Party ( rm, ), PCD), was a Christian-democratic political party in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021, it merged with the Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland (BDP/PBD) to form The Centre, which now operates at the federal level. The Christian Democratic People's Party will continue to exist at the cantonal level as individual local and regional parties determine their status. Its 28 parliamentary seats in the National Council and 13 parliamentary seats in the Council of States were transferred to the new party, as was its sole executive seat on the Federal Council, held by Viola Amherd. The party was founded as the Catholic Conservative Party in 1912. It peaked in the 1950 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conseil D'État (Switzerland)
This article lists the cantonal executives of Switzerland. Each canton of Switzerland has its own executive body, as well as legislative body. The Federal Council is the executive of the Swiss federal government, and is included for purposes of comparison. The cantonal executives are collegial bodies, each with 5 or 7 members. They are generally called ' (Executive Council) in German-speaking cantons and ' (State Council) in French-speaking cantons. General structure Presidents of the executives The above mentioned collegial bodies are formally chaired by a president. However those presidents are primus inter pares, that is a ''first among equals'' in the council. Other than presiding over meetings and the ability to cast tie-breaking votes the president only holds ceremonious powers. In the list below, if nothing else is noted, the official name of the office of president of the respective cantonal executive is ''Regierungsratspräsident'' (Government council pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Party Of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz; SP; rm, Partida Socialdemocrata da la Svizra) or Swiss Socialist Party (french: Parti socialiste suisse, it, Partito Socialista Svizzero; PS), is a political party in Switzerland. The SP has had two representatives on the Federal Council since 1960 and received the second highest total number of votes in the 2019 Swiss federal election. The SP was founded on 21 October 1888 and is currently the second largest of the four leading coalition political parties in Switzerland. It is the only left-leaning party with representatives on the Federal Council, currently Alain Berset and Simonetta Sommaruga. As of September 2019, the SP is the second largest political party in the Federal Assembly. Unlike most other Swiss parties, the SP is the largest pro-European party in Switzerland and supports Swiss membership of the European Union. Additionally, it is strongly opposed to capitalism and main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
