However, on 1 January 2009 it merged with neighboring Ayer, Chandolin, Grimentz, Saint Jean and Saint-Luc to form the municipality of Anniviers.

[2] In 1905 the village expanded with the détachée des communes d'Ayer and de Grimentz.

[1] In 2009 Vissoie merged with Ayer, Chandolin, Grimentz, Saint-Jean and Saint-Luc into the municipality of Anniviers.

The blazon of the village coat of arms is Gules, an Ibex rampant Argent.

[4] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (399 or 88.5%) as their first language, Portuguese is the second most common (30 or 6.7%) and German is the third (12 or 2.7%).

[6] The historical population is given in the following chart:[7] Vissoie is twinned with the town of Montferrier-sur-Lez, France.

In the tertiary sector; 24 or 23.5% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 9 or 8.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 15 or 14.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 4 or 3.9% were the insurance or financial industry, 6 or 5.9% were technical professionals or scientists, 30 or 29.4% were in education and 4 or 3.9% were in health care.