Vollèges is a former municipality in the district of Entremont in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
[3] Vollèges had an area, as of 2011[update], of 17.9 square kilometers (6.9 sq mi).
[4] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, on a base Vert a Pine tree eradicated Vert trunked and rooted Maroon in front of two cliffs Argent, in chief two Mullets of Five Or.
[4] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (1,283 or 98.0%) as their first language, German is the second most common (12 or 0.9%) and Italian is the third (5 or 0.4%).
[4] The historical population is given in the following chart:[10] The entire village of Vollèges and the hamlet of Vens are designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.
[11] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 62.24% of the vote.
In the federal election, a total of 671 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 58.7%.
[13] In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election a total of 647 votes were cast, of which 44 or about 6.8% were invalid.
[4] There were 541 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 37.2% of the workforce.
In the tertiary sector; 39 or 29.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 22 or 16.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 10 or 7.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 1.5% were in the information industry, 11 or 8.3% were the insurance or financial industry, 10 or 7.6% were technical professionals or scientists.
[4] From the 2000 census[update], 1,189 or 90.8% were Roman Catholic, while 41 or 3.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.