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'''Finhaut''' is a [[Municipalities of Switzerland|municipality]] in the district of [[Saint-Maurice (district)|Saint-Maurice]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Valais]] in [[Switzerland]].
'''Finhaut''' is a [[Municipalities of Switzerland|municipality]] in the district of [[Saint-Maurice (district)|Saint-Maurice]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Valais]] in [[Switzerland]].

==History==
Finhaut is first mentioned in 1293 as ''Finyaux''.<ref name=HDS/>

==Geography==
[[File:Lac du vieux émosson2.jpg|thumb|left|Lac d'Emosson]]
Finhaut has an area, {{as of|2011|lc=on}}, of {{convert|22.8|km2|mi2|sp=us}}. Of this area, 3.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 26.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and 67.8% is unproductive land.<ref name=SFSO/>

The municipality is located in the Saint-Maurice district, in the upper Trient valley on the [[France|French]] border. It consists of the village of Finhaut and the [[hamlet (place)|hamlets]] of Giétroz and Le Châtelard.


[[Lac d'Emosson]] is a [[reservoir]] partially located in the municipality.
[[Lac d'Emosson]] is a [[reservoir]] partially located in the municipality.

==Coat of arms==
The [[blazon]] of the municipal [[coat of arms]] is ''Gules, a Castle Argent embattled with three towers windowed Sable middle one roofed in chief two Arrows Or in saltire.''<ref>[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ch-vs104.html Flags of the World.com] accessed 21-September-2011</ref>

==Demographics==
[[File:Finhaut.jpg|thumb|upright|Finhaut village]]
Finhaut has a population ({{as of|{{Swiss populations YM|CH-VS}}|lc=on}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-VS|6214}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-VS}} {{as of|2008}}, 17.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals.<ref name=HDS_superweb>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/onlinedb/superweb/login.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008] {{de icon}} accessed 19 June 2010</ref> Over the last 10 years (2000–2010 ) the population has changed at a rate of 6.4%. It has changed at a rate of 12.2% due to migration and at a rate of 0% due to births and deaths.<ref name=SFSO>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/gemeindesuche.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] accessed 21-September-2011</ref>

Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks [[French language|French]] (308 or 96.9%) as their first language, [[German language|German]] is the second most common (6 or 1.9%) and [[Italian language|Italian]] is the third (2 or 0.6%).<ref name=STAT2000/>

{{as of|2008}}, the population was 53.1% male and 46.9% female. The population was made up of 148 Swiss men (40.3% of the population) and 47 (12.8%) non-Swiss men. There were 143 Swiss women (39.0%) and 29 (7.9%) non-Swiss women.<ref name=VS_Pop>[http://www.vs.ch/Navig/navig.asp?MenuID=14752 Ständige Wohnbevolkerung nach Geschlecht und Heimat am 31.12.2009.xls] {{de icon}} {{fr icon}} accessed 24 August 2011</ref> Of the population in the municipality, 175 or about 55.0% were born in Finhaut and lived there in 2000. There were 52 or 16.4% who were born in the same canton, while 43 or 13.5% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 35 or 11.0% were born outside of Switzerland.<ref name=STAT2000/>

{{as of|2000}}, children and teenagers (0-19 years old) make up 23.3% of the population, while adults (20-64 years old) make up 57.5% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 19.2%.<ref name=SFSO/>

{{as of|2000}}, there were 134 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 144 married individuals, 28 widows or widowers and 12 individuals who are divorced.<ref name=STAT2000>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000] {{de icon}} accessed 2 February 2011 </ref>

{{as of|2000}}, there were 130 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household.<ref name=SFSO/> There were 46 households that consist of only one person and 11 households with five or more people. {{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, a total of 129 apartments (34.9% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 172 apartments (46.5%) were seasonally occupied and 69 apartments (18.6%) were empty.<ref name=Housing>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen] {{de icon}} accessed 28 January 2011</ref> {{as of|2009}}, the construction rate of new housing units was 2.7 new units per 1000 residents.<ref name=SFSO/>

The historical population is given in the following chart:<ref name=HDS>{{HDS|2771|Finhaut}}</ref><ref>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000] {{de icon}} accessed 29 January 2011</ref>
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==Sights==
The entire Finhaut area is designated as part of the [[Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar/a-objekte.html|title=Kantonsliste A-Objekte|year=2009|work=[http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar.html KGS Inventar]|publisher=Federal Office of Civil Protection|language=German|accessdate=25 April 2011}}</ref>

==Politics==
In the 2007 [[Swiss federal election, 2007|federal election]] the most popular party was the [[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland|CVP]] which received 55.09% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the [[FDP.The Liberals|FDP]] (15.6%), the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|SP]] (13.14%) and the [[Swiss People's Party|SVP]] (7.96%). In the federal election, a total of 183 votes were cast, and the [[voter turnout]] was 66.3%.<ref>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/04/03.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office, ''Nationalratswahlen 2007: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung, nach Gemeinden/Bezirk/Canton''] {{de icon}} accessed 28 May 2010</ref>

In the 2009 [[Conseil d'Etat (Switzerland)|Conseil d'Etat/Staatsrat]] election a total of 165 votes were cast, of which 8 or about 4.8% were invalid. The voter participation was 64.5%, which is much more than the cantonal average of 54.67%.<ref>[http://www.vs.ch/Navig/navig.asp?MenuID=4363&Language=de&link= Staatsratswahlen vom 1. März 2009] {{de icon}} accessed 24 August 2011</ref> In the 2007 [[Swiss Council of States election, 2007|Swiss Council of States election]] election a total of 178 votes were cast, of which 12 or about 6.7% were invalid. The voter participation was 65.4%, which is much more than the cantonal average of 59.88%.<ref>[http://www.vs.ch/navig/navig.asp?MenuID=4360&RefMenuID=0&RefServiceID=0 Ständeratswahl 2007] {{de icon}} accessed 24 August 2011</ref>

==Economy==
{{as of|2010|In 2010}}, Finhaut had an unemployment rate of 2%. {{as of|2008}}, there were 7 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 3 businesses involved in this sector. No one was employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]]. 106 people were employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 29 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO/> There were 157 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.1% of the workforce.

{{as of|2008|alt=In 2008}} the total number of [[full-time equivalent]] jobs was 80. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 2, all of which were in agriculture. There were no jobs in the secondary sector. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 78. In the tertiary sector; 9 or 11.5% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 24 or 30.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 25 or 32.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was the insurance or financial industry, 4 or 5.1% were in education.<ref>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_06%20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1&prod=06&secprod=2&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3] {{de icon}} accessed 28 January 2011</ref>

{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, there were 28 workers who commuted into the municipality and 64 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 2.3 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.<ref name=commuter>[http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/stat/pendler/pop.php Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb] {{de icon}} accessed 24 June 2010</ref> Of the working population, 14.6% used public transportation to get to work, and 42.7% used a private car.<ref name=SFSO/>

==Religion==
From the {{as of|2000|alt=2000 census}}, 275 or 86.5% were [[Roman Catholic]], while 14 or 4.4% belonged to the [[Swiss Reformed Church]]. 14 (or about 4.40% of the population) belonged to no church, are [[Agnosticism|agnostic]] or [[Atheism|atheist]], and 15 individuals (or about 4.72% of the population) did not answer the question.<ref name=STAT2000/>

==Education==
In Finhaut about 121 or (38.1%) of the population have completed non-mandatory [[Education in Switzerland#Secondary|upper secondary education]], and 26 or (8.2%) have completed additional higher education (either [[List of universities in Switzerland|University]] or a ''[[Fachhochschule]]''). Of the 26 who completed tertiary schooling, 50.0% were Swiss men, 23.1% were Swiss women.<ref name=STAT2000/>

{{as of|2000}}, there were 30 students in Finhaut who came from another municipality, while 24 residents attended schools outside the municipality.<ref name=commuter/>


== See also ==
== See also ==
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==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Municipalities of Valais]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Valais]]


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Revision as of 16:09, 21 September 2011

Finhaut
Municipality
Finhaut village
Finhaut village
Coat of arms of Finhaut
Coat of arms
Location of Finhaut
Map
CountrySwitzerland
CantonValais
DistrictSaint-Maurice
Government
 • MayorPascal May
Area
[1]
 • Total22.8 km2 (8.8 sq mi)
Elevation
1,224 m (4,016 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[2]
 • Total379
 • Density17/km2 (43/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
1925
SFOS number6214
ISO 3166 codeCH-VS
LocalitiesFinhaut, Giétroz, Châtelard
Surrounded bySalvan, Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval (FR-74), Trient, Vallorcine (FR-74)
Websitewww.finhaut.ch
SFSO statistics

Finhaut is a municipality in the district of Saint-Maurice in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

History

Finhaut is first mentioned in 1293 as Finyaux.[3]

Geography

Lac d'Emosson

Finhaut has an area, as of 2011, of 22.8 square kilometers (8.8 sq mi). Of this area, 3.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 26.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and 67.8% is unproductive land.[4]

The municipality is located in the Saint-Maurice district, in the upper Trient valley on the French border. It consists of the village of Finhaut and the hamlets of Giétroz and Le Châtelard.

Lac d'Emosson is a reservoir partially located in the municipality.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Castle Argent embattled with three towers windowed Sable middle one roofed in chief two Arrows Or in saltire.[5]

Demographics

Finhaut village

Finhaut has a population (as of December 2020) of 381.[6] As of 2008, 17.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals.[7] Over the last 10 years (2000–2010 ) the population has changed at a rate of 6.4%. It has changed at a rate of 12.2% due to migration and at a rate of 0% due to births and deaths.[4]

Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks French (308 or 96.9%) as their first language, German is the second most common (6 or 1.9%) and Italian is the third (2 or 0.6%).[8]

As of 2008, the population was 53.1% male and 46.9% female. The population was made up of 148 Swiss men (40.3% of the population) and 47 (12.8%) non-Swiss men. There were 143 Swiss women (39.0%) and 29 (7.9%) non-Swiss women.[9] Of the population in the municipality, 175 or about 55.0% were born in Finhaut and lived there in 2000. There were 52 or 16.4% who were born in the same canton, while 43 or 13.5% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 35 or 11.0% were born outside of Switzerland.[8]

As of 2000, children and teenagers (0-19 years old) make up 23.3% of the population, while adults (20-64 years old) make up 57.5% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 19.2%.[4]

As of 2000, there were 134 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 144 married individuals, 28 widows or widowers and 12 individuals who are divorced.[8]

As of 2000, there were 130 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household.[4] There were 46 households that consist of only one person and 11 households with five or more people. In 2000, a total of 129 apartments (34.9% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 172 apartments (46.5%) were seasonally occupied and 69 apartments (18.6%) were empty.[10] As of 2009, the construction rate of new housing units was 2.7 new units per 1000 residents.[4]

The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][11]

Sights

The entire Finhaut area is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites[12]

Politics

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 55.09% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (15.6%), the SP (13.14%) and the SVP (7.96%). In the federal election, a total of 183 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 66.3%.[13]

In the 2009 Conseil d'Etat/Staatsrat election a total of 165 votes were cast, of which 8 or about 4.8% were invalid. The voter participation was 64.5%, which is much more than the cantonal average of 54.67%.[14] In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election election a total of 178 votes were cast, of which 12 or about 6.7% were invalid. The voter participation was 65.4%, which is much more than the cantonal average of 59.88%.[15]

Economy

As of  2010, Finhaut had an unemployment rate of 2%. As of 2008, there were 7 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 3 businesses involved in this sector. No one was employed in the secondary sector. 106 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 29 businesses in this sector.[4] There were 157 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.1% of the workforce.

In 2008 the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 80. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 2, all of which were in agriculture. There were no jobs in the secondary sector. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 78. In the tertiary sector; 9 or 11.5% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 24 or 30.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 25 or 32.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was the insurance or financial industry, 4 or 5.1% were in education.[16]

In 2000, there were 28 workers who commuted into the municipality and 64 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 2.3 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.[17] Of the working population, 14.6% used public transportation to get to work, and 42.7% used a private car.[4]

Religion

From the 2000 census, 275 or 86.5% were Roman Catholic, while 14 or 4.4% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. 14 (or about 4.40% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 15 individuals (or about 4.72% of the population) did not answer the question.[8]

Education

In Finhaut about 121 or (38.1%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 26 or (8.2%) have completed additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule). Of the 26 who completed tertiary schooling, 50.0% were Swiss men, 23.1% were Swiss women.[8]

As of 2000, there were 30 students in Finhaut who came from another municipality, while 24 residents attended schools outside the municipality.[17]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b Finhaut in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 21-September-2011
  5. ^ Flags of the World.com accessed 21-September-2011
  6. ^ "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  7. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008 Template:De icon accessed 19 June 2010
  8. ^ a b c d e STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000 Template:De icon accessed 2 February 2011
  9. ^ Ständige Wohnbevolkerung nach Geschlecht und Heimat am 31.12.2009.xls Template:De icon Template:Fr icon accessed 24 August 2011
  10. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen Template:De icon accessed 28 January 2011
  11. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000 Template:De icon accessed 29 January 2011
  12. ^ "Kantonsliste A-Objekte". KGS Inventar (in German). Federal Office of Civil Protection. 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2011. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  13. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Nationalratswahlen 2007: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung, nach Gemeinden/Bezirk/Canton Template:De icon accessed 28 May 2010
  14. ^ Staatsratswahlen vom 1. März 2009 Template:De icon accessed 24 August 2011
  15. ^ Ständeratswahl 2007 Template:De icon accessed 24 August 2011
  16. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3 Template:De icon accessed 28 January 2011
  17. ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb Template:De icon accessed 24 June 2010
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