Saint-Jean, Switzerland
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| Former municipality of Switzerland | ||
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| Coordinates: 46°12′N 7°35′E / 46.200°N 7.583°ECoordinates: 46°12′N 7°35′E / 46.200°N 7.583°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Valais | |
| District | Sierre | |
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| • Total | 15.5 km2 (6.0 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 1,327 m (4,354 ft) | |
| Population | ||
| • Total | 237 | |
| • Density | 15/km2 (40/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 3961 | |
| SFOS number | 6245 | |
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Saint-Jean is a village in the district of Sierre in the Swiss canton of Valais. An independent municipality before, it merged on 1 January 2009 with neighboring Ayer, Chandolin, Grimentz, Saint-Luc and Vissoie to form the municipality of Anniviers.
Saint-Jean is first mentioned in 1250 as de Sancto Johanne.
The blazon of the village coat of arms is Gules, an Ibex rampant Argent on a Chief Or a Royal Orb Sable belted Argent.
Saint-Jean has a population (as of December 2008[update]) of 237. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (193 or 98.5%) as their first language, German is the second most common (1 or 0.5%) and Italian is the third (1 or 0.5%).
Of the population in the village, 119 or about 60.7% were born in Saint-Jean and lived there in 2000. There were 47 or 24.0% who were born in the same canton, while 13 or 6.6% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 7 or 3.6% were born outside of Switzerland.
As of 2000[update], there were 76 people who were single and never married in the village. There were 106 married individuals, 11 widows or widowers and 3 individuals who are divorced.
There were 23 households that consist of only one person and 3 households with five or more people. In 2000[update], a total of 76 apartments (35.8% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 109 apartments (51.4%) were seasonally occupied and 27 apartments (12.7%) were empty.
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