Religion
From the 2000 census, 681 or 46.9% are Roman Catholic, while 531 or 36.5% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there are 3 individuals (or about 0.21% of the population) who belong to the Christian Catholic faith, there are 33 individuals (or about 2.27% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 6 individuals (or about 0.41% of the population) who belong to another Christian church. There is 1 individual who is Jewish, and 59 (or about 4.06% of the population) who are Islamic. There are 2 individuals (or about 0.14% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 79 (or about 5.44% of the population) belong to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 58 individuals (or about 3.99% of the population) did not answer the question.
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