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Ardon, Switzerland

January 01, 1970

Ardon (French pronunciation: [aʁdɔ̃] ⓘ) is a municipality in the district of Conthey in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Ardon
Municipality
Ardon village church
Flag
Coat of arms
Location of Ardon
Ardon
Ardon
Coordinates: 46°12′N 7°15′E / 46.200°N 7.250°E / 46.200; 7.250
CountrySwitzerland
CantonValais
DistrictConthey
Government
 • MayorPierre-Marie Broccard
Area
[1]
 • Total20.4 km2 (7.9 sq mi)
Elevation
503 m (1,650 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[2]
 • Total3,212
 • Density160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
1957
SFOS number6021
ISO 3166 codeCH-VS
Surrounded byChamoson, Conthey, Nendaz, Vétroz
Websitewww.ardon.ch
SFSO statistics

History edit

 
Historic aerial photograph by Werner Friedli from 1949

Ardon is first mentioned at the end of the 11th Century as Ardunum. In 1179 it was mentioned as Ardun.[3]

Geography edit

 
Lizerne river gorge near Ardon

Ardon has an area, as of 2009, of 20.4 square kilometers (7.9 sq mi). Of this area, 4.15 km2 (1.60 sq mi) or 20.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 6.41 km2 (2.47 sq mi) or 31.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.33 km2 (0.51 sq mi) or 6.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.17 km2 (0.066 sq mi) or 0.8% is either rivers or lakes and 8.31 km2 (3.21 sq mi) or 40.8% is unproductive land.[4]

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.6%. Out of the forested land, 25.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 1.3% is used for growing crops, while 13.8% is used for orchards or vine crops and 4.6% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 8.6% is unproductive vegetation and 32.2% is too rocky for vegetation.[4]

The municipality is located on the alluvial fan of the Lizerne, to the right of the Rhone river. It is about 10 km (6.2 mi) from Sion.

Coat of arms edit

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Key Or and a Key Argent in saltire.[5]

Demographics edit

 
Ardon village

Ardon has a population (as of December 2020) of 3,379.[6] As of 2008, 32.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals.[7] Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 10.3%. It has changed at a rate of 11.7% due to migration and at a rate of 3.8% due to births and deaths.[8]

Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks French (1,859 or 81.0%) as their first language, Portuguese is the second most common (150 or 6.5%) and German is the third (59 or 2.6%). There are 41 people who speak Italian.[9]

As of 2008, the gender distribution of the population was 49.5% male and 50.5% female. The population was made up of 807 Swiss men (31.6% of the population) and 458 (17.9%) non-Swiss men. There were 892 Swiss women (34.9%) and 396 (15.5%) non-Swiss women.[10] Of the population in the municipality 839 or about 36.6% were born in Ardon and lived there in 2000. There were 554 or 24.1% who were born in the same canton, while 186 or 8.1% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 564 or 24.6% were born outside of Switzerland.[9]

The age distribution of the population (as of 2000) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 26.4% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 61.1% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 12.5%.[8]

As of 2000, there were 972 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 1,126 married individuals, 115 widows or widowers and 82 individuals who are divorced.[9]

As of 2000 the average number of residents per living room was 0.63 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.63 per room.[8] In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m2 (43 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics.[11] About 59.7% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement).[12] As of 2000, there were 847 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household.[8]

There were 220 households that consist of only one person and 70 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 873 households that answered this question, 25.2% were households made up of just one person and there were 9 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 215 married couples without children, 333 married couples with children There were 60 single parents with a child or children. There were 10 households that were made up of unrelated people and 26 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.[9]

In 2000 there were 351 single family homes (or 65.1% of the total) out of a total of 539 inhabited buildings. There were 115 multi-family buildings (21.3%), along with 45 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (8.3%) and 28 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (5.2%).[13]

In 2000, a total of 764 apartments (80.9% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 150 apartments (15.9%) were seasonally occupied and 30 apartments (3.2%) were empty.[13] As of 2009, the construction rate of new housing units was 7.8 new units per 1000 residents.[8] The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010, was 0.09%.[8]

The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][14]

Politics edit

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 40.59% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (32.99%), the SP (10.72%) and the SVP (10.3%). In the federal election, a total of 893 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 64.1%.[15]

In the 2009 Conseil d'État/Staatsrat election a total of 725 votes were cast, of which 50 or about 6.9% were invalid. The voter participation was 52.1%, which is similar to the cantonal average of 54.67%.[16] In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election a total of 864 votes were cast, of which 70 or about 8.1% were invalid. The voter participation was 63.0%, which is similar to the cantonal average of 59.88%.[17]

Economy edit

As of  2010, Ardon had an unemployment rate of 6.9%. As of 2008, there were 99 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 40 businesses involved in this sector. 136 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 23 businesses in this sector. 320 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 66 businesses in this sector.[8] There were 1,076 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.1% of the workforce.

In 2008 the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 445. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 61, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 127 of which 109 or (85.8%) were in manufacturing and 17 (13.4%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 257. In the tertiary sector; 129 or 50.2% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 8 or 3.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 24 or 9.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 5 or 1.9% were in the information industry, 8 or 3.1% were the insurance or financial industry, 12 or 4.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 19 or 7.4% were in education and 19 or 7.4% were in health care.[18]

In 2000, there were 306 workers who commuted into the municipality and 743 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 2.4 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.[19] Of the working population, 12.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 68.7% used a private car.[8]

Religion edit

From the 2000 census, 1,762 or 76.8% were Roman Catholic, while 82 or 3.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 8 members of an Orthodox church (or about 0.35% of the population), there were 2 individuals (or about 0.09% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church, and there were 14 individuals (or about 0.61% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 144 (or about 6.27% of the population) who were Islamic. There were 11 individuals who were Buddhist, 9 individuals who were Hindu and 3 individuals who belonged to another church. 76 (or about 3.31% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 191 individuals (or about 8.32% of the population) did not answer the question.[9]

Education edit

In Ardon about 675 or (29.4%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 210 or (9.2%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 210 who completed tertiary schooling, 62.4% were Swiss men, 24.8% were Swiss women, 8.6% were non-Swiss men and 4.3% were non-Swiss women.[9]

As of 2000, there were 2 students in Ardon who came from another municipality, while 167 residents attended schools outside the municipality.[19]

Ardon is home to the Bibliothèque communale et scolaire library. The library has (as of 2008) 9,000 books or other media, and loaned out 9,073 items in the same year. It was open a total of 150 days with average of 6 hours per week during that year.[20]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b Ardon in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  4. ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data (in German) accessed 25 March 2010
  5. ^ Flags of the World.com accessed 05-September-2011
  6. ^ "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  7. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008 June 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 19 June 2010
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h Swiss Federal Statistical Office January 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine accessed 05-September-2011
  9. ^ a b c d e f STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000 April 9, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 2 February 2011
  10. ^ Ständige Wohnbevolkerung nach Geschlecht und Heimat am 31.12.2009.xls (in German and French) accessed 24 August 2011
  11. ^ Eurostat. "Housing (SA1)". (PDF). 2007. p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  12. ^ Urban Audit Glossary pg 17
  13. ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen September 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 28 January 2011
  14. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000 September 30, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 29 January 2011
  15. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Nationalratswahlen 2007: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung, nach Gemeinden/Bezirk/Canton May 14, 2015, at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 28 May 2010
  16. ^ Staatsratswahlen vom 1. März 2009 (in German) accessed 24 August 2011
  17. ^ Ständeratswahl 2007 (in German) accessed 24 August 2011
  18. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3 December 25, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 28 January 2011
  19. ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb (in German) accessed 24 June 2010
  20. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office, list of libraries 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 14 May 2010

External links edit

 
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  • Municipal website (in French)

January 01, 1970
ardon, switzerland, ardon, french, pronunciation, aʁdɔ, municipality, district, conthey, canton, valais, switzerland, ardonmunicipalityardon, village, churchflagcoat, armslocation, ardonardonshow, switzerlandardonshow, canton, valaiscoordinates, 250countryswit. Ardon French pronunciation aʁdɔ is a municipality in the district of Conthey in the canton of Valais in Switzerland ArdonMunicipalityArdon village churchFlagCoat of armsLocation of ArdonArdonShow map of SwitzerlandArdonShow map of Canton of ValaisCoordinates 46 12 N 7 15 E 46 200 N 7 250 E 46 200 7 250CountrySwitzerlandCantonValaisDistrictContheyGovernment MayorPierre Marie BroccardArea 1 Total20 4 km2 7 9 sq mi Elevation503 m 1 650 ft Population 31 December 2018 2 Total3 212 Density160 km2 410 sq mi Time zoneUTC 01 00 Central European Time Summer DST UTC 02 00 Central European Summer Time Postal code s 1957SFOS number6021ISO 3166 codeCH VSSurrounded byChamoson Conthey Nendaz VetrozWebsitewww wbr ardon wbr ch SFSO statistics Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Coat of arms 4 Demographics 5 Politics 6 Economy 7 Religion 8 Education 9 References 10 External linksHistory edit nbsp Historic aerial photograph by Werner Friedli from 1949 Ardon is first mentioned at the end of the 11th Century as Ardunum In 1179 it was mentioned as Ardun 3 Geography edit nbsp Lizerne river gorge near Ardon Ardon has an area as of 2009 update of 20 4 square kilometers 7 9 sq mi Of this area 4 15 km2 1 60 sq mi or 20 4 is used for agricultural purposes while 6 41 km2 2 47 sq mi or 31 5 is forested Of the rest of the land 1 33 km2 0 51 sq mi or 6 5 is settled buildings or roads 0 17 km2 0 066 sq mi or 0 8 is either rivers or lakes and 8 31 km2 3 21 sq mi or 40 8 is unproductive land 4 Of the built up area housing and buildings made up 2 8 and transportation infrastructure made up 2 6 Out of the forested land 25 7 of the total land area is heavily forested and 2 4 is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees Of the agricultural land 1 3 is used for growing crops while 13 8 is used for orchards or vine crops and 4 6 is used for alpine pastures All the water in the municipality is flowing water Of the unproductive areas 8 6 is unproductive vegetation and 32 2 is too rocky for vegetation 4 The municipality is located on the alluvial fan of the Lizerne to the right of the Rhone river It is about 10 km 6 2 mi from Sion Coat of arms editThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Key Or and a Key Argent in saltire 5 Demographics edit nbsp Ardon village Ardon has a population as of December 2020 update of 3 379 6 As of 2008 update 32 7 of the population are resident foreign nationals 7 Over the last 10 years 1999 2009 the population has changed at a rate of 10 3 It has changed at a rate of 11 7 due to migration and at a rate of 3 8 due to births and deaths 8 Most of the population as of 2000 update speaks French 1 859 or 81 0 as their first language Portuguese is the second most common 150 or 6 5 and German is the third 59 or 2 6 There are 41 people who speak Italian 9 As of 2008 update the gender distribution of the population was 49 5 male and 50 5 female The population was made up of 807 Swiss men 31 6 of the population and 458 17 9 non Swiss men There were 892 Swiss women 34 9 and 396 15 5 non Swiss women 10 Of the population in the municipality 839 or about 36 6 were born in Ardon and lived there in 2000 There were 554 or 24 1 who were born in the same canton while 186 or 8 1 were born somewhere else in Switzerland and 564 or 24 6 were born outside of Switzerland 9 The age distribution of the population as of 2000 update is children and teenagers 0 19 years old make up 26 4 of the population while adults 20 64 years old make up 61 1 and seniors over 64 years old make up 12 5 8 As of 2000 update there were 972 people who were single and never married in the municipality There were 1 126 married individuals 115 widows or widowers and 82 individuals who are divorced 9 As of 2000 update the average number of residents per living room was 0 63 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0 63 per room 8 In this case a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m2 43 sq ft as normal bedrooms dining rooms living rooms kitchens and habitable cellars and attics 11 About 59 7 of the total households were owner occupied or in other words did not pay rent though they may have a mortgage or a rent to own agreement 12 As of 2000 update there were 847 private households in the municipality and an average of 2 5 persons per household 8 There were 220 households that consist of only one person and 70 households with five or more people Out of a total of 873 households that answered this question 25 2 were households made up of just one person and there were 9 adults who lived with their parents Of the rest of the households there are 215 married couples without children 333 married couples with children There were 60 single parents with a child or children There were 10 households that were made up of unrelated people and 26 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing 9 In 2000 update there were 351 single family homes or 65 1 of the total out of a total of 539 inhabited buildings There were 115 multi family buildings 21 3 along with 45 multi purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing 8 3 and 28 other use buildings commercial or industrial that also had some housing 5 2 13 In 2000 update a total of 764 apartments 80 9 of the total were permanently occupied while 150 apartments 15 9 were seasonally occupied and 30 apartments 3 2 were empty 13 As of 2009 update the construction rate of new housing units was 7 8 new units per 1000 residents 8 The vacancy rate for the municipality in 2010 update was 0 09 8 The historical population is given in the following chart 3 14 Politics editIn the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 40 59 of the vote The next three most popular parties were the CVP 32 99 the SP 10 72 and the SVP 10 3 In the federal election a total of 893 votes were cast and the voter turnout was 64 1 15 In the 2009 Conseil d Etat Staatsrat election a total of 725 votes were cast of which 50 or about 6 9 were invalid The voter participation was 52 1 which is similar to the cantonal average of 54 67 16 In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election a total of 864 votes were cast of which 70 or about 8 1 were invalid The voter participation was 63 0 which is similar to the cantonal average of 59 88 17 Economy editAs of 2010 update Ardon had an unemployment rate of 6 9 As of 2008 update there were 99 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 40 businesses involved in this sector 136 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 23 businesses in this sector 320 people were employed in the tertiary sector with 66 businesses in this sector 8 There were 1 076 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity of which females made up 42 1 of the workforce In 2008 update the total number of full time equivalent jobs was 445 The number of jobs in the primary sector was 61 all of which were in agriculture The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 127 of which 109 or 85 8 were in manufacturing and 17 13 4 were in construction The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 257 In the tertiary sector 129 or 50 2 were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles 8 or 3 1 were in the movement and storage of goods 24 or 9 3 were in a hotel or restaurant 5 or 1 9 were in the information industry 8 or 3 1 were the insurance or financial industry 12 or 4 7 were technical professionals or scientists 19 or 7 4 were in education and 19 or 7 4 were in health care 18 In 2000 update there were 306 workers who commuted into the municipality and 743 workers who commuted away The municipality is a net exporter of workers with about 2 4 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering 19 Of the working population 12 4 used public transportation to get to work and 68 7 used a private car 8 Religion editFrom the 2000 census update 1 762 or 76 8 were Roman Catholic while 82 or 3 6 belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church Of the rest of the population there were 8 members of an Orthodox church or about 0 35 of the population there were 2 individuals or about 0 09 of the population who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church and there were 14 individuals or about 0 61 of the population who belonged to another Christian church There were 144 or about 6 27 of the population who were Islamic There were 11 individuals who were Buddhist 9 individuals who were Hindu and 3 individuals who belonged to another church 76 or about 3 31 of the population belonged to no church are agnostic or atheist and 191 individuals or about 8 32 of the population did not answer the question 9 Education editIn Ardon about 675 or 29 4 of the population have completed non mandatory upper secondary education and 210 or 9 2 have completed additional higher education either university or a Fachhochschule Of the 210 who completed tertiary schooling 62 4 were Swiss men 24 8 were Swiss women 8 6 were non Swiss men and 4 3 were non Swiss women 9 As of 2000 update there were 2 students in Ardon who came from another municipality while 167 residents attended schools outside the municipality 19 Ardon is home to the Bibliotheque communale et scolaire library The library has as of 2008 update 9 000 books or other media and loaned out 9 073 items in the same year It was open a total of 150 days with average of 6 hours per week during that year 20 References edit a b Arealstatistik Standard Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen Federal Statistical Office Retrieved 13 January 2019 Standige Wohnbevolkerung nach Staatsangehorigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde Provisorische Jahresergebnisse 2018 Federal Statistical Office 9 April 2019 Retrieved 11 April 2019 a b Ardon in German French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office Land Use Statistics 2009 data in German accessed 25 March 2010 Flags of the World com accessed 05 September 2011 Standige und nichtstandige Wohnbevolkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen Geburtsort und Staatsangehorigkeit bfs admin ch in German Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT TAB 31 December 2020 Retrieved 21 September 2021 Swiss Federal Statistical Office Superweb database Gemeinde Statistics 1981 2008 Archived June 28 2010 at the Wayback Machine in German accessed 19 June 2010 a b c d e f g h Swiss Federal Statistical Office Archived January 5 2016 at the Wayback Machine accessed 05 September 2011 a b c d e f STAT TAB Datenwurfel fur Thema 40 3 2000 Archived April 9 2014 at the Wayback Machine in German accessed 2 February 2011 Standige Wohnbevolkerung nach Geschlecht und Heimat am 31 12 2009 xls in German and French accessed 24 August 2011 Eurostat Housing SA1 Urban Audit Glossary PDF 2007 p 18 Archived from the original PDF on 14 November 2009 Retrieved 12 February 2010 Urban Audit Glossary pg 17 a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT TAB Datenwurfel fur Thema 09 2 Gebaude und Wohnungen Archived September 7 2014 at the Wayback Machine in German accessed 28 January 2011 Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT TAB Bevolkerungsentwicklung nach Region 1850 2000 Archived September 30 2014 at the Wayback Machine in German accessed 29 January 2011 Swiss Federal Statistical Office Nationalratswahlen 2007 Starke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung nach Gemeinden Bezirk Canton Archived May 14 2015 at the Wayback Machine in German accessed 28 May 2010 Staatsratswahlen vom 1 Marz 2009 in German accessed 24 August 2011 Standeratswahl 2007 in German accessed 24 August 2011 Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT TAB Betriebszahlung Arbeitsstatten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 Abschnitte Sektoren 1 3 Archived December 25 2014 at the Wayback Machine in German accessed 28 January 2011 a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office Statweb in German accessed 24 June 2010 Swiss Federal Statistical Office list of libraries Archived 2015 07 06 at the Wayback Machine in German accessed 14 May 2010External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ardon Switzerland Municipal website in French Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ardon Switzerland amp oldid 1224000245, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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