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District d'Hérens

Valais

District d'Hérens is one of 13 districts of the canton of Valais and comprises 6 municipalities with 11'734 residents in all (BFS, 2025). A district is an administrative unit of the canton — a court and administrative area, not a postal delivery area: postal codes and localities follow delivery routes and can cross district borders.

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Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Votes in District d'Hérens

district results as published by BFS
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalities
Mitte38.0% · strongest party
Mitte38.0%
SVP22.9%
SP15.6%
FDP11.6%
GRÜNE10.0%
GLP1.5%
PdA/Sol.0.4%
Hérémence
100 %
median of its municipalities
130 %
Saint-Martin (VS)
135 %

A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 100 % % in Hérémence to 135 % % in Saint-Martin (VS) (median 130 % %).

Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 13.7 % in Hérémence to 16.6 % in Mont-Noble (ESTV 2'026)

Vacancy rate
0.63 %
Dwellings
14'594
Avg. rooms
3.5
Built before 1946
25.6%

Vacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)

Population change

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Population change 2025
+52 +0.5%
births
74
deaths
129
net migration
+79
BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalities
Jobs
3'583
Workplaces
1'014
Services share
71.6 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 417 (11.6%) · Secondary 600 (16.7%) · Tertiary 2'566 (71.6%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 11.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Farms
135
Organic share
14.8 %
Farmland
2'774 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Climate · Terrain

MeteoSchweiz · swisstopo
Annual mean temperature
1.1 °C
Precipitation
989 mm
Elevation
508–4'325 m
Flat share
2.7%

Climate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon

Energy · Accessibility

BFE · ElCom · ARE
Solar potential
185 GWh
Electricity
26.6 Rp./kWh
Public transport to centre
118 min
Road to centre
86 min

Solar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (26.55726.557 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities

Map

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Which municipalities belong to District d'Hérens?
District d'Hérens comprises 6 municipalities: Ayent, Vex, Evolène, Hérémence, Mont-Noble, Saint-Martin. Together they have 11'734 residents (BFS, 2025).
Which canton is District d'Hérens in?
District d'Hérens lies in the canton of Valais, which is divided into 13 districts.
How many people live in District d'Hérens?
District d'Hérens has 11'734 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 6 municipalities; the largest is Ayent with 4'509.
Does District d'Hérens have its own tax rate?
No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In District d'Hérens the municipal rate ranges from 100 % (Hérémence) to 135 % (Saint-Martin (VS)).
How did District d'Hérens vote in the latest federal vote?
On 14.06.2026, District d'Hérens voted 59.6 % yes on “Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)” (Accepted) — the district figure BFS publishes.

Districts exist in 17 cantons; UR, OW, NW, GL, ZG, BS, AI, NE and GE have no such level.