Of the rest of the land, 2.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

All of the farm houses, up to about the 1,300 m (4,300 ft) level are occupied throughout the year.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (99.2%), with Albanian being second most common ( 0.3%) and Russian being third ( 0.3%).

[4] As of 2000[update] the gender distribution of the population was 50.8% male and 49.2% female.

[6] In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 53.9% of the vote.

[4] From the 2000 census[update], 698 or 96.8% are Roman Catholic, while less than 5 people belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.