Religion
From the 2000 census, 2,862 or 58.1% are Roman Catholic, while 1,105 or 22.4% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there is 1 individual who belongs to the Christian Catholic faith, there are 249 individuals (or about 5.05% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 64 individuals (or about 1.30% of the population) who belong to another Christian church. There are 2 individuals (or about 0.04% of the population) who are Jewish, and 166 (or about 3.37% of the population) who are Islamic. There are 42 individuals (or about 0.85% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 277 (or about 5.62% of the population) belong to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 161 individuals (or about 3.27% of the population) did not answer the question.
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