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Baltschieder
Summary
Baltschieder is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Baltschieder is first mentioned in 1224 as Ponczirrum. In 1286 it was mentioned as Balschyedro.
Baltschieder has an area, , of . Of this area, 10.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and 85.0% is unproductive land.
The municipality is located in the Visp district, at the end of the Baltschieder valley.
The proposed merger of the municipalities of Eggerberg, Ausserberg, Bürchen, Baltschieder, Visp and Visperterminen was rejected by the residents.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, a Lion rampant Sable langued and armed Gules.
Baltschieder has a population () of . , 4.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010 ) the population has changed at a rate of 9.3%. It has changed at a rate of 3.2% due to migration and at a rate of 6.9% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks German (1,020 or 97.1%) as their first language, French is the second most common (7 or 0.7%) and Albanian is the third (7 or 0.7%). There are 6 people who speak Italian.
the population was 50.9% male and 49.1% female. The population was made up of 570 Swiss men (47.5% of the population) and 41 (3.4%) non-Swiss men. There were 555 Swiss women (46.3%) and 34 (2.8%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 455 or about 43.3% were born in Baltschieder and lived there in 2000. There were 464 or 44.2% who were born in the same canton, while 79 or 7.5% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 44 or 4.2% were born outside of Switzerland.
children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 31.6% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 8.5%.
there were 434 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 552 married individuals, 42 widows or widowers and 22 individuals who are divorced.
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