Religion
From the 2000 census, 445 or 25.8% were Roman Catholic, while 840 or 48.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 10 members of an Orthodox church (or about 0.58% of the population), and there were 39 individuals (or about 2.26% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was Jewish, and 109 (or about 6.31% of the population) who were Islamic. There was 1 person who was Buddhist and 5 individuals who belonged to another church. 175 (or about 10.13% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 122 individuals (or about 7.06% of the population) did not answer the question.
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