Saint-Luc, Switzerland


Saint-Luc is a village in the district of Sierre in the Swiss canton of Valais. An independent municipality before, it merged on 1 January 2009 with neighboring Ayer, Chandolin, Grimentz, Saint Jean and Vissoie to form the municipality of Anniviers.

History

Saint-Luc is first mentioned in 1267 as Lus. In 1304 it was mentioned as Luc, which was the official name until 1904. The name Saint-Luc first appears around 1850.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the village coat of arms is Azure, issuant from a Ribbon Or three Pine trees Vert trunked proper and an Ox passant Argent.

Demographics

Saint-Luc has a population of 312.
Most of the population speaks French as their first language, German is the second most common and Portuguese is the third. There are 8 people who speak Italian.
Of the population in the village, 110 or about 34.5% were born in Saint-Luc and lived there in 2000. There were 87 or 27.3% who were born in the same canton, while 53 or 16.6% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 66 or 20.7% were born outside of Switzerland.
, there were 135 people who were single and never married in the village. There were 154 married individuals, 16 widows or widowers and 14 individuals who are divorced.
There were 32 households that consist of only one person and 11 households with five or more people. , a total of 120 apartments were permanently occupied, while 845 apartments were seasonally occupied and 55 apartments were empty.
The historical population is given in the following chart:

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Politics

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 36.88% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP, the SVP and the Green Party. In the federal election, a total of 176 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 63.8%.

Economy

There were 165 residents of the village who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.4% of the workforce. the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 167. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 14, of which 3 were in agriculture and 11 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 14 of which 13 or were in manufacturing and 1 was in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 139. In the tertiary sector; 14 or 10.1% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 17 or 12.2% were in the movement and storage of goods, 67 or 48.2% were in a hotel or restaurant, 6 or 4.3% were in education.
, there were 37 workers who commuted into the village and 72 workers who commuted away. The village is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.9 workers leaving the village for every one entering.

Religion

From the, 269 or 84.3% were Roman Catholic, while 25 or 7.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there was 1 individual who belongs to another Christian church. 21 belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 3 individuals did not answer the question.

Education

In Saint-Luc about 120 or of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 47 or have completed additional higher education. Of the 47 who completed tertiary schooling, 48.9% were Swiss men, 31.9% were Swiss women, 14.9% were non-Swiss men.
, there were 67 students from Saint-Luc who attended schools outside the village.