Religion
From the 2000 census, 196 or 25.5% were Roman Catholic, while 363 or 47.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 3 members of an Orthodox church (or about 0.39% of the population), there was 1 individual who belongs to the Christian Catholic Church, and there were 75 individuals (or about 9.77% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was Jewish, and 16 (or about 2.08% of the population) who were Islamic. There were 3 individuals who were Buddhist and 4 individuals who belonged to another church. 117 (or about 15.23% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 24 individuals (or about 3.13% of the population) did not answer the question.
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