Visp (district)
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Visp Bezirk Visp |
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| District | |
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| Country |
 Switzerland
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| Canton |
 Valais
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| Capital | Visp |
| Area | |
| • Total | 863.8 km2 (333.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 28,412 |
| • Density | 33/km2 (85/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Municipalities | 19 |
The district of Visp (German: Bezirk Visp, French: District de Viège) is a district in the Canton of Valais in southern Switzerland. It has a population of 28,412 (as of 31 December 2015).
It consists of the following municipalities:
The blazon of the district coat of arms is Per pale Argent and Gules, two Lions rampant respectant counterchanged.
Visp has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 28,412. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (23,373 or 87.2%) as their first language, Portuguese is the second most common (853 or 3.2%) and Italian is the third (658 or 2.5%). There are 398 people who speak French and 12 people who speak Romansh.
As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 49.8% male and 50.2% female. The population was made up of 10,909 Swiss men (39.4% of the population) and 2,881 (10.4%) non-Swiss men. There were 11,353 Swiss women (41.0%) and 2,528 (9.1%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the district 14,307 or about 53.3% were born in Visp and lived there in 2000. There were 5,434 or 20.3% who were born in the same canton, while 2,212 or 8.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 4,191 or 15.6% were born outside of Switzerland.
As of 2000[update], there were 11,574 people who were single and never married in the district. There were 13,177 married individuals, 1,370 widows or widowers and 698 individuals who are divorced.
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