Martisberg

Martisberg is a former municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

[3] The former municipality is located in the Östlich Raron district, on the northern slopes of the Rhone valley.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or a Sword Azure hilted Sable inverted in bend sinistre covered with a cloth Gules in base Coupeaux Vert.

[7] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][8] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 70.68% of the vote.

[3] There were 12 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 25.0% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 2, both in agriculture.

[3] From the 2000 census[update], 26 or 96.3% were Roman Catholic and there was 1 individual who belonged to another church.

[6] In Martisberg about 8 or (29.6%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education.