Vollèges

Vollèges
Coat of arms
Vollèges Show map of Switzerland Vollèges Show map of Canton of Valais
Location of Vollèges
Coordinates: 46°5′N 7°10′E / 46.083°N 7.167°E / 46.083; 7.167Coordinates: 46°5′N 7°10′E / 46.083°N 7.167°E / 46.083; 7.167
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Valais
District	Entremont
Government
• Mayor	Christophe Maret
Area
• Total	17.87 km2 (6.90 sq mi)
Elevation	843 m (2,766 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	1,891
• Density	110/km2 (270/sq mi)
Postal code	1941
SFOS number	6036
Surrounded by	Bagnes, Bovernier, Charrat, Martigny, Saxon, Sembrancher
Website	www.volleges.ch SFSO statistics

Vollèges is a municipality in the district of Entremont in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Vollèges has an area, as of 2011^[update], of 17.9 square kilometers (6.9 sq mi). Of this area, 24.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 56.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and 13.3% is unproductive land.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, on a base Vert a Pine tree eradicated Vert trunked and rooted Maroon in front of two cliffs Argent, in chief two Mullets of Five Or.

Vollèges has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 1,891. As of 2008^[update], 5.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 10.6%. It has changed at a rate of 10.3% due to migration and at a rate of 4.1% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks French (1,283 or 98.0%) as their first language, German is the second most common (12 or 0.9%) and Italian is the third (5 or 0.4%).

As of 2008^[update], the gender distribution of the population was 50.1% male and 49.9% female. The population was made up of 730 Swiss men (47.1% of the population) and 46 (3.0%) non-Swiss men. There were 731 Swiss women (47.2%) and 43 (2.8%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 835 or about 63.8% were born in Vollèges and lived there in 2000. There were 275 or 21.0% who were born in the same canton, while 111 or 8.5% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 64 or 4.9% were born outside of Switzerland.