Val-d'Illiez

Val-d'Illiez
Les Crosets village
Coat of arms
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Location of Val-d'Illiez
Coordinates: 46°12′N 6°54′E / 46.200°N 6.900°E / 46.200; 6.900Coordinates: 46°12′N 6°54′E / 46.200°N 6.900°E / 46.200; 6.900
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Valais
District	Monthey
Government
• Mayor	Ismaël Perrin
Area
• Total	39.26 km2 (15.16 sq mi)
Elevation	948 m (3,110 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	1,875
• Density	48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Postal code	1873
SFOS number	6157
Localities	Champoussin, Fayot, Les Crosets, Play
Surrounded by	Champéry, Châtel (FR-74), Evionnaz, Mex, Monthey, Montriond (FR-74), Troistorrents, Vérossaz
Website	www.valdilliez.ch SFSO statistics

Val-d'Illiez is a municipality in the district of Monthey in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Val-d'Illiez has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 39.3 square kilometers (15.2 sq mi). Of this area, 15.04 km² (5.81 sq mi) or 38.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 14.42 km² (5.57 sq mi) or 36.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.62 km² (0.63 sq mi) or 4.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.21 km² (0.081 sq mi) or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and 7.96 km² (3.07 sq mi) or 20.3% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.8%. Out of the forested land, 29.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.0% is used for growing crops and 9.1% is pastures and 29.2% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 6.7% is unproductive vegetation and 12.6% is too rocky for vegetation.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, issuant from base mountains Argent, on them issuant from Coupeaux Vert two Houses Gules and three Pine trees Vert trunked proper, in chief a Cornucopia Or flowered Gules. The mountain is the Dents du Midi peaks, which dominate the entire Val-d'Illiez.

Val-d'Illiez has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 1,875. As of 2008^[update], 12.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010 ) the population has changed at a rate of 22.5%. It has changed at a rate of 15.4% due to migration and at a rate of 5.3% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks French (1,351 or 94.6%) as their first language, German is the second most common (25 or 1.8%) and English is the third (15 or 1.1%). There are 9 people who speak Italian and 1 person who speaks Romansh.