Sembrancher (French pronunciation: [sɑ̃bʁɑ̃ʃe]) is a municipality in the district of Entremont in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

[3] Sembrancher has an area, as of 2011[update], of 17.7 square kilometers (6.8 sq mi).

It lies about 10 km (6.2 mi) distant from Verbier ski resort and Martigny.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, in base Coupeaux Argent, issuant from sinister an Arm proper clad Vert and cuffed Argent holding a branch Or.

[4] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (778 or 98.2%) as their first language, German is the second most common (6 or 0.8%) and Italian is the third (4 or 0.5%).

[4] The entire small city of Sembrancher is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[12] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 47.64% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 390 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 62.7%.

[14] In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election a total of 382 votes were cast, of which 29 or about 7.6% were invalid.

[4] There were 342 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 35.4% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 35 or 36.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 3.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 9 or 9.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 3.1% were the insurance or financial industry, 8 or 8.3% were technical professionals or scientists, 6 or 6.3% were in education and 23 or 24.0% were in health care.

[4] From the 2000 census[update], 705 or 89.0% were Roman Catholic, while 29 or 3.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

[8] As of 2000[update], there were 55 students from Sembrancher who attended schools outside the municipality.