Riddes

Coat of arms

Riddes

Location of Riddes

Coordinates: 46°10′N 7°13′E / 46.167°N 7.217°ECoordinates: 46°10′N 7°13′E / 46.167°N 7.217°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Jean-Michel Gaillard

Area

• Total

23.88 km² (9.22 sq mi)

Elevation

482 m (1,581 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

2,985

• Density

130/km² (320/sq mi)

Postal code

1908

SFOS number

6139

Surrounded by

Bagnes, Chamoson, Isérables, Leytron, Nendaz, Saillon, Saxon

Website

www.riddes.ch
SFSO statistics

Riddes is a municipality in the district of Martigny in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Riddes is first mentioned in 1001 as Ride. It was previously known its German name Riden, though that is not used any more.

Riddes has an area, as of 2011^[update], of 23.9 square kilometers (9.2 sq mi). 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.

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.

Riddes has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 2,985. As of 2008^[update], 24.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010 ) the population has changed at a rate of 25.4%. It has changed at a rate of 18.1% due to migration and at a rate of 1.5% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks French (1,945 or 88.5%) as their first language, Portuguese is the second most common (106 or 4.8%) and German is the third (72 or 3.3%). There are 33 people who speak Italian and 2 people who speak Romansh.

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