Zeneggen

Zeneggen
Municipality
Zeneggen village
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Zeneggen
Zeneggen Zeneggen
Coordinates:46°16′N7°50′E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Valais
District	Visp
Government
•Mayor	Andreas Imstepf
Area
• Total	7.51 km2(2.90 sq mi)
Elevation	1,370 m (4,490 ft)
Population (31 December 2018)
• Total	293
• Density	39/km2(100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00(Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00(Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	3934
SFOS number	6299
ISO 3166 code	CH-VS
Surrounded by	Bürchen,Raron,Stalden,Törbel,Visp,Visperterminen
Website	zeneggen.ch SFSO statistics

Zeneggenis amunicipalityin the district ofVispin thecantonofValaisinSwitzerland.

Geography

Zeneggen has an area, as of 2011,of 7.5 square kilometers (2.9 sq mi). Of this area, 22.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 69.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and 4.5% is unproductive land.

Coat of arms

Theblazonof the municipalcoat of armsisOr, on a Pile wavy inverted Vert two Chevronels inverted Argent and on a chief of the last two Lions rampant reguardant Gules.

Demographics

Zeneggen has a population (as of December 2020) of 295.As of 2008,2.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals.Over the last 10 years (2000–2010 ) the population has changed at a rate of 0%. It has changed at a rate of 0.8% due to migration and at a rate of 2.9% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population (as of 2000) speaksGerman(224 or 95.3%) as their first language,Englishis the second most common (5 or 2.1%) andSerbo-Croatianis the third (3 or 1.3%). There is 1 person who speaksFrench,1 person who speaksItalian.

As of 2008,the population was 51.4% male and 48.6% female. The population was made up of 120 Swiss men (49.0% of the population) and 6 (2.4%) non-Swiss men. There were 110 Swiss women (44.9%) and 9 (3.7%) non-Swiss women.Of the population in the municipality, 145 or about 61.7% were born in Zeneggen and lived there in 2000. There were 53 or 22.6% who were born in the same canton, while 14 or 6.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 17 or 7.2% were born outside of Switzerland.

As of 2000,children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 24.3% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 55.7% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 20%.

As of 2000,there were 94 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 118 married individuals, 18 widows or widowers and 5 individuals who are divorced.

As of 2000,there were 92 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household.There were 26 households that consist of only one person and 8 households with five or more people. In 2000,a total of 89 apartments (43.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 95 apartments (46.3%) were seasonally occupied and 21 apartments (10.2%) were empty.As of 2009,the construction rate of new housing units was 20.4 new units per 1000 residents.The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010,was 0.93%.

The historical population is given in the following chart:

Politics

In the2007 federal electionthe most popular party was theCVPwhich received 77.07% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were theSP(12.95%), theSVP(5.43%) and theGreen Party(3.08%). In the federal election, a total of 118 votes were cast, and thevoter turnoutwas 62.1%.

In the 2009Conseil d'État/Staatsratelection a total of 127 votes were cast, of which 3 or about 2.4% were invalid. The voter participation was 68.7%, which is much more than the cantonal average of 54.67%.In the 2007Swiss Council of States electiona total of 118 votes were cast, of which 1 or about 0.8% were invalid. The voter participation was 63.8%, which is similar to the cantonal average of 59.88%.

Economy

As of 2010,Zeneggen had an unemployment rate of 1.3%. As of 2008,there were 33 people employed in theprimary economic sectorand about 14 businesses involved in this sector. No one was employed in thesecondary sector.13 people were employed in thetertiary sector,with 5 businesses in this sector.There were 98 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 34.7% of the workforce.

In 2008the total number offull-time equivalentjobs was 25. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 15, all of which were in agriculture. There were no jobs in the secondary sector. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 10. In the tertiary sector; 2 were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 5 or 50.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was a technical professional or scientist, 2 were in education.

In 2000,there were 3 workers who commuted into the municipality and 79 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 26.3 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.Of the working population, 38.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 44.9% used a private car.

Religion

From the 2000 census,211 or 89.8% wereRoman Catholic,while 13 or 5.5% belonged to theSwiss Reformed Church.Of the rest of the population, there were 3members of an Orthodox church(or about 1.28% of the population). There was 1 individual who wasIslamic.4 (or about 1.70% of the population) belonged to no church, areagnosticoratheist,and 3 individuals (or about 1.28% of the population) did not answer the question.

Education

In Zeneggen about 85 or (36.2%) of the population have completed non-mandatoryupper secondary education,and 18 or (7.7%) have completed additional higher education (eitheruniversityor aFachhochschule). Of the 18 who completed tertiary schooling, 66.7% were Swiss men, 22.2% were Swiss women.

During the 2010-2011 school year there were a total of 23 students in the Zeneggen school system. Theeducation systemin the Canton of Valais allows young children to attend one year of non-obligatoryKindergarten.During that school year, there was one kindergarten class (KG1 or KG2) and 5 kindergarten students. The canton's school system requires students to attend six years ofprimary school.In Zeneggen there were a total of 2 classes and 23 students in the primary school. Thesecondary schoolprogram consists of three lower, obligatory years of schooling (orientation classes), followed by three to five years of optional, advanced schools. All the lower and upper secondary students from Zeneggen attend their school in a neighboring municipality.

As of 2000,there was one student in Zeneggen who came from another municipality, while 17 residents attended schools outside the municipality.

Zeneggen is home to theSchul- und Gemeindebibliothek(municipal library of Zeneggen). The library has (as of 2008) 2,095 books or other media, and loaned out 1,161 items in the same year. It was open a total of 78 days with average of 2 hours per week during that year.

External links

• Official website(in German)