Valais

  • Capital:Sion
  • Chancellor:Philipp Spoerri
  • Canton website
  • Main Language in %:German-28.4, French-62.8, Italian-2.2, Romansh-0
  • Religious affiliation in %:Protestants-6.3, Roman Catholics-81.2, No Religious-3.9
  • GDP, millions of current CHF:17,816 (2015)
  • GDP per capita, in CHF:53,383 (2015)
  • Employed, persons:172,340 (2015)
  • Unemployment rate in % (annual average):3.6 (2017)
  • Debt of the Cantons in Francs per Inhabitant:3,784 (2009)
  • Area in km²:5,214 (2014)
  • Population, persons:339,176 (2016)
  • Population Density per km2:65 (2016)
  • Passenger Cars per 1000 Inhabitants:636.3 (2016)
  • Residents per Room:0.63 (2000)
  • New Housing units per 1000 Residents:9.7 (2015)
  • Rate of Vacant Housing units:1.88 (2014)
  • Without Post-mandatory Education, %:29.9 (2016)
  • Upper secondary schools, %:44.3 (2016)
  • Higher Education, %:27.4 (2016)
  • Physicians in private practice per 100 000 people:156 (2017)
  • Hospital beds per 1000 people:3.9 (2016)
  • Hospitalisation rate per 1000 people:138.3 (2016)

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