Hérémence

Coat of arms

Hérémence

Location of Hérémence

Coordinates: 46°11′N 7°24′E / 46.183°N 7.400°ECoordinates: 46°11′N 7°24′E / 46.183°N 7.400°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Régis Bovier

Area

• Total

107.53 km² (41.52 sq mi)

Elevation

1,237 m (4,058 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

1,362

• Density

13/km² (33/sq mi)

Postal code

1987

SFOS number

6084

Surrounded by

Bagnes, Evolène, Nendaz, Saint-Martin, Vex

Website

www.heremence.ch
SFSO statistics

Hérémence is a municipality in the district of Hérens in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Hérémence is first mentioned in 1195 as Aremens.

Hérémence has an area, as of 2011^[update], of 107.6 square kilometers (41.5 sq mi). Of this area, 18.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 18.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and 61.3% is unproductive land.

The municipality is located in the Hérens district, on the left side of the Borgne and the Dixence rivers. The village of Hérémence is at the confluence of the two rivers. It includes the entire Dixence valley, which is one of the side valleys off the main Rhone valley. It consists of the village of Hérémence and the hamlets of Ayer, Euseigne, Mâche, Pralong, Riod and Cerise.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Mullet Argent.

Hérémence has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 1,362. As of 2008^[update], 5.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -0.5%. It has changed at a rate of 7.4% due to migration and at a rate of -5.4% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks French (1,262 or 97.5%) as their first language, German is the second most common (18 or 1.4%) and Portuguese is the third (7 or 0.5%). There are 4 people who speak Italian.

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