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Inden is a
municipality
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in the district of Leuk
Leuk (french: Loèche-Ville) is a municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013, the former municipality of Erschmatt merged into the municipality of Leuk.canton of
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, 26.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.0% is used for growing crops and 3.1% is pastures and 5.4% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 10.1% is unproductive vegetation and 48.9% is too rocky for vegetation. The municipality is located in the Leuk district, on a high plateau and along the road that runs from
Inden has a population () of . , 9.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals.Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008
accessed 19 June 2010 Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 5.5%. It has changed at a rate of 21.8% due to migration and at a rate of -5.5% due to births and deaths.
accessed 09-September-2011 Most of the population () speaks
accessed 24 August 2011 Of the population in the municipality 18 or about 20.2% were born in Inden and lived there in 2000. There were 37 or 41.6% who were born in the same canton, while 18 or 20.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 15 or 16.9% were born outside of Switzerland. The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 18% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 57.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 24.7%. , there were 32 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 40 married individuals, 12 widows or widowers and 5 individuals who are divorced.STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000
accessed 2 February 2011 , there were 43 private households in the municipality, and an average of 1.9 persons per household. There were 19 households that consist of only one person and households with five or more people. Out of a total of 45 households that answered this question, 42.2% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 10 married couples without children, 9 married couples with children There were 2 single parents with a child or children. There were 3 households that were made up of unrelated people and 2 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing. there were 55 single family homes (or 67.1% of the total) out of a total of 82 inhabited buildings. There were 17 multi-family buildings (20.7%), along with 6 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (7.3%) and 4 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (4.9%).Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen
accessed 28 January 2011 , a total of 42 apartments (31.3% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 81 apartments (60.4%) were seasonally occupied and 11 apartments (8.2%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 8.6 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 4.38%. The historical population is given in the following chart:
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Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3
accessed 28 January 2011
, there were 6 workers who commuted into the municipality and 30 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 5.0 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb
accessed 24 June 2010 Of the working population, 16.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 54.8% used a private car.
From the , 71 or 79.8% were
Official website
* {{Authority control Municipalities of Valais
Valais
Valais ( , , ; frp, Valês; german: Wallis ), more formally the Canton of Valais,; german: Kanton Wallis; in other official Swiss languages outside Valais: it, (Canton) Vallese ; rm, (Chantun) Vallais. is one of the cantons of Switzerland, 26 ...
in Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
.
History
Inden is first mentioned in 1242 as ''Indes''.Geography
Inden has an area, , of . Of this area, or 8.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 29.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 2.7% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and or 59.0% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, 26.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.0% is used for growing crops and 3.1% is pastures and 5.4% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 10.1% is unproductive vegetation and 48.9% is too rocky for vegetation. The municipality is located in the Leuk district, on a high plateau and along the road that runs from
Leukerbad
Leukerbad (french: Loèche-les-Bains, Walliser German: ''Leiggerbad'', although locally known as ''Baadu'') is a municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
History
The story of Leukerbad dates back to the 4th ...
to the Gemmi Pass
Gemmi Pass is a high mountain pass across the Bernese Alps connecting Leukerbad (on the south) in the canton of Valais with Kandersteg (on the north) in the canton of Bern. The pass itself lies within the canton of Valais, at a height of above ...
.
Coat of arms
Theblazon
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of the municipal coat of arms
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is ''Or, a two-arched masoned Wall Gules, in chief an Eagle displayed Sable between two Mullets of Six of the second.''
Demographics
Inden has a population () of . , 9.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals.Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008accessed 19 June 2010 Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 5.5%. It has changed at a rate of 21.8% due to migration and at a rate of -5.5% due to births and deaths.
accessed 09-September-2011 Most of the population () speaks
German
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**Ger ...
(82 or 92.1%) as their first language, French is the second most common (3 or 3.4%) and Italian
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** Italian language, a Romance language
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is the third (2 or 2.2%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 50.0% male and 50.0% female. The population was made up of 46 Swiss men (39.7% of the population) and 12 (10.3%) non-Swiss men. There were 50 Swiss women (43.1%) and 8 (6.9%) non-Swiss women.Ständige Wohnbevolkerung nach Geschlecht und Heimat am 31.12.2009.xlsaccessed 24 August 2011 Of the population in the municipality 18 or about 20.2% were born in Inden and lived there in 2000. There were 37 or 41.6% who were born in the same canton, while 18 or 20.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 15 or 16.9% were born outside of Switzerland. The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 18% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 57.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 24.7%. , there were 32 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 40 married individuals, 12 widows or widowers and 5 individuals who are divorced.STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000
accessed 2 February 2011 , there were 43 private households in the municipality, and an average of 1.9 persons per household. There were 19 households that consist of only one person and households with five or more people. Out of a total of 45 households that answered this question, 42.2% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 10 married couples without children, 9 married couples with children There were 2 single parents with a child or children. There were 3 households that were made up of unrelated people and 2 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing. there were 55 single family homes (or 67.1% of the total) out of a total of 82 inhabited buildings. There were 17 multi-family buildings (20.7%), along with 6 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (7.3%) and 4 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (4.9%).Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen
accessed 28 January 2011 , a total of 42 apartments (31.3% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 81 apartments (60.4%) were seasonally occupied and 11 apartments (8.2%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 8.6 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 4.38%. The historical population is given in the following chart:
Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 55.92% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (18.34%), the SVP (13.91%) and theGreen Party
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Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation ...
(6.21%). In the federal election, a total of 50 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
In political science, voter turnout is the participation rate (often defined as those who cast a ballot) of a given election. This can be the percentage of registered voters, eligible voters, or all voting-age people. According to Stanford Unive ...
was 58.8%.
In the 2009 Conseil d'État/Staatsrat election a total of 50 votes were cast, of which 6 or about 12.0% were invalid. The voter participation was 66.7%, which is much more than the cantonal average of 54.67%. In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election a total of 49 votes were cast, of which 4 or about 8.2% were invalid. The voter participation was 59.0%, which is similar to the cantonal average of 59.88%.
Economy
, Inden had an unemployment rate of 2.7%. , there were 20 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 3 businesses involved in this sector. 6 people were employed in thesecondary sector
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and there was 1 business in this sector. 8 people were employed in the tertiary sector
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, with 2 businesses in this sector. There were 42 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 50.0% of the workforce.
the total number of full-time equivalent
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jobs was 27. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 13, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 6, all of which were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 8, all of which were in a hotel or restaurant.accessed 28 January 2011
accessed 24 June 2010 Of the working population, 16.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 54.8% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 71 or 79.8% were Roman Catholic
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, while 7 or 7.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...
. Of the rest of the population, there were 2 individuals (or about 2.25% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church. There was 1 person who was Buddhist
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. 8 (or about 8.99% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
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or atheist
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.
Education
In Inden about 40 or (44.9%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 11 or (12.4%) have completed additional higher education (eitheruniversity
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or a ''Fachhochschule
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''). Of the 11 who completed tertiary schooling, 36.4% were Swiss men, 27.3% were Swiss women.
, there was one student in Inden who came from another municipality, while 9 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
References
External links
Official website
* {{Authority control Municipalities of Valais