Hérémence is a municipality in the district of Hérens in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

[3] Hérémence has an area, as of 2011[update], of 107.6 square kilometers (41.5 sq mi).

[4] The municipality is located in the Hérens district, on the left side of the Borgne and the Dixence rivers.

It consists of the village of Hérémence and the hamlets of Ayer, Euseigne, Mâche, Pralong, Riod and Cerise.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Mullet Argent.

[4] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (1,262 or 97.5%) as their first language, German is the second most common (18 or 1.4%) and Portuguese is the third (7 or 0.5%).

[4] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][11] The Saint-Nicolas Church, the aux Fées cave, and the La Grande Dixence dam are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance.

The village of Hérémence and the hamlet of Mâche / Mâchette are both part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[14] In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election, a total of 794 votes were cast, of which 38 (or about 4.8%) were invalid.

[4] There were 576 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.9% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector, 12 (or 10.3%) were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 15 (or 12.8%) were in the movement and storage of goods, 29 (or 24.8%) were in a hotel or restaurant, one was the insurance or financial industry, two (or 1.7%) were technical professionals or scientists, 25 or 21.4% were in education and eight (or 6.8%) were in health care.

[4] From the 2000 census[update], 1,239 (or 95.7%) were Roman Catholic, while 40 or (3.1%) belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

The wettest month is June, during which time Hérémence receives an average of 78 mm (3.1 in) of rain or snow.

The driest month of the year is April with an average of 51 mm (2.0 in) of precipitation over 7.7 days.