Venthône

Coat of arms

Venthône

Location of Venthône

Coordinates: 46°18′N 7°32′E / 46.300°N 7.533°ECoordinates: 46°18′N 7°32′E / 46.300°N 7.533°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Gérard Clivaz

Area

• Total

2.53 km² (0.98 sq mi)

Elevation

799 m (2,621 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

1,213

• Density

480/km² (1,200/sq mi)

Postal code

3973

SFOS number

6249

Surrounded by

Miège, Mollens, Randogne, Sierre, Veyras

Website

www.venthone.ch
SFSO statistics

Venthône is a municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Venthône has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 2.5 square kilometers (0.97 sq mi). Of this area, 1.12 km² (0.43 sq mi) or 44.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.63 km² (0.24 sq mi) or 24.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.79 km² (0.31 sq mi) or 31.2% is settled (buildings or roads).

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 16.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 12.3%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.6% of the area. Out of the forested land, 17.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 7.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.4% is used for growing crops and 7.9% is pastures, while 36.0% is used for orchards or vine crops.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, a Semi Warrior issuant armoured and helmeted Azure holding a halbard of the same.

Venthône has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 1,213. As of 2008^[update], 13.3% of the population were resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010 ), the population has changed at a rate of 18.2% due to migration and at a rate of -0.7% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks French (820 or 87.7%) as their first language, German is the second most common (87 or 9.3%) and Italian is the third (8 or 0.9%).

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