Les Agettes is a former municipality in the district of Hérens in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

[2] Les Agettes had an area, as of 2009[update], of 5.1 square kilometers (2.0 sq mi).

[3] The former municipality was located in the Hérens district, on the slopes south of Sion and above the Rhone valley.

It is composed of three small villages: Crête-à-l'Œil, La Vernaz, and Les Agettes, which range in altitude between 980 and 1,200 m (3,220 and 3,940 ft) as well as scattered alpine pastures and the vacation resort of Mayens de l'Ours (built in 1982).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Argent a Crosier issuant and a Sword inverted in saltire in chief a Mullet of Five all Gules and Azure a Tower Argent masoned, windowed and doored Sable, overall a base Vert.

[6] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (257 or 95.2%) as their first language, German is the second most common (8 or 3.0%) and Italian is the third (3 or 1.1%).

[6] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][10] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 43.54% of the vote.

[6] There were 136 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.4% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 2 or 25.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in a hotel or restaurant, 4 or 50.0% were in education.

[6] From the 2000 census[update], 231 or 85.6% were Roman Catholic, while 9 or 3.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

[7] As of 2000[update], there were 23 students from Les Agettes who attended schools outside the municipality.