[3] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Ram rampant Argent horned Or and langued and hoofed Gules, pierced by a sword Argent hilted Or, on four mounts Vert.

[1] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (11,149 or 91.9%) as their first language, Portuguese is the second most common (275 or 2.3%) and German is the third (201 or 1.7%).

[5][7] The historical population is given in the following chart:[8] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 51.76% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 5,031 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 56.1%.

[10] In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election a total of 4,931 votes were cast, of which 357 or about 7.2% were invalid.

[11] From the 2000 census[update], 10,194 or 84.0% were Roman Catholic, while 608 or 5.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.