Monthey (district)
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Monthey District de Monthey |
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| Country |
 Switzerland
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| Canton |
 Valais
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| Capital | Monthey |
| Area | |
| • Total | 255.1 km2 (98.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 45,179 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (460/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Municipalities | 9 |
The district of Monthey is a district of the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It has a population of 45,179 (as of 31 December 2015).
It comprises the following municipalities:
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, issuant from coupeaux Vert an Oak-tree proper leaved and fructed of the second.
Monthey has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 45,179. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (29,275 or 87.7%) as their first language, German is the second most common (874 or 2.6%) and Italian is the third (808 or 2.4%). There are 14 people who speak Romansh.
As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 49.7% male and 50.3% female. The population was made up of 14,962 Swiss men (37.1% of the population) and 5,083 (12.6%) non-Swiss men. There were 15,820 Swiss women (39.2%) and 4,451 (11.0%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the district 11,701 or about 35.0% were born in Monthey and lived there in 2000. There were 6,531 or 19.6% who were born in the same canton, while 6,988 or 20.9% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 7,108 or 21.3% were born outside of Switzerland.
As of 2000[update], there were 13,881 people who were single and never married in the district. There were 15,855 married individuals, 1,776 widows or widowers and 1,877 individuals who are divorced.
There were 4,354 households that consist of only one person and 922 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 13,809 households that answered this question, 31.5% were households made up of just one person and there were 105 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 3,322 married couples without children, 4,519 married couples with children There were 934 single parents with a child or children. There were 185 households that were made up of unrelated people and 390 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
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