Saint-Jean, Switzerland

Saint-Jean (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃] ⓘ) is a village in the district of Sierre in the Swiss canton of Valais.

[4] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (193 or 98.5%) as their first language, German is the second most common (1 or 0.5%) and Italian is the third (1 or 0.5%).

[6] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][7] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 56.78% of the vote.

[8] There were 99 residents of the village who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.4% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 1 was in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 6 or 54.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, .

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 187 or 95.4% were Roman Catholic, while 1 or 0.5% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.