[4] As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 49.7% male and 50.3% female.

[4][6] The historical population is given in the following chart:[7] In the 2007 federal election, the most popular party was the CVP which received 66.4% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 6,389 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 73.4%.

[10] In the 2009 Conseil d'État/Staatsrat election, a total of 6,173 votes were cast, of which 304 or about 4.9% were invalid.

[11] In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election a total of 6,336 votes were cast, of which 280 or about 4.4% were invalid.

[12] From the 2000 census[update], 10,068 or 86.6% were Roman Catholic, while 496 or 4.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.