District de Monthey
ValaisDistrict de Monthey is one of 13 districts of the canton of Valais and comprises 9 municipalities with 51'819 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.
Votes in District de Monthey
district results as published by BFSPolitics
National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalitiesTax rate in the district
ESTV 2026A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 110 % % in Port-Valais to 135 % % in Champéry (median 125 % %).
Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 14.4 % in Port-Valais to 17 % in Saint-Gingolph (ESTV 2'026)
Housing
BFSVacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)
Population change
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesEconomy
BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalitiesAgriculture
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesClimate · Terrain
MeteoSchweiz · swisstopoClimate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon
Energy · Accessibility
BFE · ElCom · ARESolar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (26.613–28.262 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities
Where the municipalities of District de Monthey rank
sum of its municipalities1 of these postal codes reach across the district border.
Map
swisstopo · OSM- Which municipalities belong to District de Monthey?
- District de Monthey comprises 9 municipalities: Monthey, Collombey-Muraz, Troistorrents, Vouvry, Port-Valais, Vionnaz, Val-d'Illiez, Champéry, Saint-Gingolph. Together they have 51'819 residents (BFS, 2025).
- Which canton is District de Monthey in?
- District de Monthey lies in the canton of Valais, which is divided into 13 districts.
- How many people live in District de Monthey?
- District de Monthey has 51'819 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 9 municipalities; the largest is Monthey with 19'351.
- Does District de Monthey have its own tax rate?
- No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In District de Monthey the municipal rate ranges from 110 % (Port-Valais) to 135 % (Champéry).
- How did District de Monthey vote in the latest federal vote?
- On 14.06.2026, District de Monthey voted 58.8 % 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.