Religion
From the 2000 census, 588 or 41.1% were Roman Catholic, while 654 or 45.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there is 1 individual who belongs to the Orthodox Church, and there are 63 individuals (or about 4.40% of the population) who belong to another Christian church. There were 2 individuals (or about 0.14% of the population) who were Jewish, and 14 (or about 0.98% of the population) who are Islamic. 70 (or about 4.89% of the population) belong to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 40 individuals (or about 2.79% of the population) did not answer the question.
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