Liddes

Liddes is a municipality in the district of Entremont in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

[3] Liddes has an area, as of 2011[update], of 60.2 square kilometers (23.2 sq mi).

The municipality is located on the road over the Great St Bernard Pass.

It consists of a number of hamlets including Liddes-Ville, Chandonne, Fontaine, Rive-Haute, Drance, Fornex, Les Moulins, Vichères, Chez-Petit and Palasui.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, St. George armoured Azure haloed Or riding a Horse Argent killing the Dragon Vert.

[4] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (648 or 98.3%) as their first language, German is the second most common (5 or 0.8%) and Portuguese is the third (3 or 0.5%).

[4] The Les Moulins is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

The entire village of Liddes is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[14] In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election a total of 340 votes were cast, of which 26 or about 7.6% were invalid.

[4] There were 273 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 34.4% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 6 or 9.1% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 8 or 12.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 12 or 18.2% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was the insurance or financial industry, 11 or 16.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 5 or 7.6% were in education.

[4] From the 2000 census[update], 593 or 90.0% were Roman Catholic, while 22 or 3.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

Aerial view (1946)
Le Coeur above Liddes