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Sembrancher
Sembrancher (French pronunciation: [sɑ̃bʁɑ̃ʃe]) is a municipality in the district of Entremont in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Sembrancher is first mentioned in 1177 as Sancti Pancratii de Branchi. Its German name St Branschier is no longer used.
Sembrancher has an area, as of 2011[update], of 17.7 square kilometers (6.8 sq mi). Of this area, 17.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 63.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 4.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and 15.3% is unproductive land.
The municipality is the capital of the district of Entremont. It is located at the confluence of the Dranse de Bagnes and the Dranse d'Entremont along the road over the Great St Bernard Pass. It lies about 10 km (6.2 mi) distant from Verbier ski resort and Martigny.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, in base Coupeaux Argent, issuant from sinister an Arm proper clad Vert and cuffed Argent holding a branch Or.
Sembrancher has a population (as of December 2020[update]) of 1,050. As of 2008[update], 9.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009) the population has changed at a rate of 3%. It has changed at a rate of 3% due to migration and at a rate of -0.4% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (778 or 98.2%) as their first language, German is the second most common (6 or 0.8%) and Italian is the third (4 or 0.5%).
As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 50.1% male and 49.9% female. The population was made up of 369 Swiss men (43.7% of the population) and 54 (6.4%) non-Swiss men. There were 381 Swiss women (45.1%) and 41 (4.9%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 491 or about 62.0% were born in Sembrancher and lived there in 2000. There were 190 or 24.0% who were born in the same canton, while 73 or 9.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 36 or 4.5% were born outside of Switzerland.
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Sembrancher
Sembrancher (French pronunciation: [sɑ̃bʁɑ̃ʃe]) is a municipality in the district of Entremont in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Sembrancher is first mentioned in 1177 as Sancti Pancratii de Branchi. Its German name St Branschier is no longer used.
Sembrancher has an area, as of 2011[update], of 17.7 square kilometers (6.8 sq mi). Of this area, 17.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 63.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 4.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and 15.3% is unproductive land.
The municipality is the capital of the district of Entremont. It is located at the confluence of the Dranse de Bagnes and the Dranse d'Entremont along the road over the Great St Bernard Pass. It lies about 10 km (6.2 mi) distant from Verbier ski resort and Martigny.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, in base Coupeaux Argent, issuant from sinister an Arm proper clad Vert and cuffed Argent holding a branch Or.
Sembrancher has a population (as of December 2020[update]) of 1,050. As of 2008[update], 9.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009) the population has changed at a rate of 3%. It has changed at a rate of 3% due to migration and at a rate of -0.4% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (778 or 98.2%) as their first language, German is the second most common (6 or 0.8%) and Italian is the third (4 or 0.5%).
As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 50.1% male and 49.9% female. The population was made up of 369 Swiss men (43.7% of the population) and 54 (6.4%) non-Swiss men. There were 381 Swiss women (45.1%) and 41 (4.9%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 491 or about 62.0% were born in Sembrancher and lived there in 2000. There were 190 or 24.0% who were born in the same canton, while 73 or 9.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 36 or 4.5% were born outside of Switzerland.
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