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Arbaz

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Arbaz is a municipality in the district of Sion in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Arbaz is first mentioned about 1185 as Alba. In 1338 it was mentioned as Arba. Arbaz has an area, , of . Of this area, or 22.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 25.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 47.4% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.3%. Out of the forested land, 19.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.9% is used for growing crops and 5.3% is pastures and 15.5% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 17.2% is unproductive vegetation and 30.3% is too rocky for vegetation. The municipality is located in the Sion district, at an elevation of between . Until 1877 it was part of the municipality of Ayent. The village of Arbaz was partially destroyed by fire in 1924, but has been rebuilt. Almost half of the houses in the village are vacation homes. It is situated on the north bank of the Rhône River. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure a Cross Gules, overall standing on issuant from base a triple mount Or a Lion rampant reguardant Or langued Gules. Arbaz has a population () of . , 12.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010 ) the population has changed at a rate of 35.9%. It has changed at a rate of 37% due to migration and at a rate of 1.6% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (727 or 90.9%) as their first language, German is the second most common (40 or 5.0%) and Portuguese is the third (13 or 1.6%). There is 1 person who speaks Italian. the population was 49.8% male and 50.2% female. The population was made up of 475 Swiss men (43.3% of the population) and 72 (6.6%) non-Swiss men.
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