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District de Martigny

Valais

District de Martigny is one of 13 districts of the canton of Valais and comprises 10 municipalities with 54'518 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 de Martigny

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

Politics

National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalities
FDP24.9% · strongest party
FDP24.9%
Mitte23.7%
SVP21.2%
SP17.1%
GRÜNE9.7%
PdA/Sol.1.8%
GLP1.7%
Trient
100 %
median of its municipalities
120 %
Isérables
135 %

A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 100 % % in Trient to 135 % % in Isérables (median 120 % %).

Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 13.7 % in Trient to 16.9 % in Isérables (ESTV 2'026)

Vacancy rate
1.83 %
Dwellings
32'160
Avg. rooms
3.4
Built before 1946
15.2%

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
+809 +1.5%
births
464
deaths
398
net migration
+797
BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalities
Jobs
25'622
Workplaces
4'431
Services share
75.3 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 2'337 (9.1%) · Secondary 3'995 (15.6%) · Tertiary 19'290 (75.3%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 11.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Farms
318
Organic share
12.9 %
Farmland
3'764 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Climate · Terrain

MeteoSchweiz · swisstopo
Annual mean temperature
5.6 °C
Precipitation
1'167 mm
Elevation
449–3'531 m
Flat share
15.7%

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

Energy · Accessibility

BFE · ElCom · ARE
Solar potential
468 GWh
Electricity
25 Rp./kWh
Public transport to centre
96 min
Road to centre
63 min

Solar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (22.70329.766 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 de Martigny?
District de Martigny comprises 10 municipalities: Martigny-Bourg, Fully, Saxon, Riddes, Leytron, Saillon, Martigny-Combe, Bovernier, Isérables, Trient. Together they have 54'518 residents (BFS, 2025).
Which canton is District de Martigny in?
District de Martigny lies in the canton of Valais, which is divided into 13 districts.
How many people live in District de Martigny?
District de Martigny has 54'518 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 10 municipalities; the largest is Martigny-Bourg with 22'513.
Does District de Martigny have its own tax rate?
No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In District de Martigny the municipal rate ranges from 100 % (Trient) to 135 % (Isérables).
How did District de Martigny vote in the latest federal vote?
On 14.06.2026, District de Martigny voted 57.5 % 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.