page_title: Martigny
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Martigny / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: English: Martigny, (Valais, Switzerland) its vineyards and the swiss rhône valley Français&#160;: Martigny, (Valais, Suisse) les vignobles et la vallée du rhône.
context_page_description: Martigny is the capital of the district of Martigny in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It lies at an elevation of 471 meters, and its population is approximately 15000 inhabitants. It is a junction of roads joining Italy, France and Switzerland. One road links it over the Great St. Bernard Pass to Aosta, and the other over the col de la Forclaz to Chamonix. In winter, Martigny is known for its numerous nearby Alp ski resorts such as Verbier.
context_section_description: Martigny has a population (as of December 2018) of 18,309.  As of 2008, 30.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals.  During 2000–2010, the population has increased at a rate of 13.1%.  It has changed at a rate of 6.7% due to migration and at a rate of 3.5% due to births and deaths.
  Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks French (12,227 or 85.1%) as their first language, Portuguese is the second most common (602 or 4.2%) and Italian is the third (597 or 4.2%).  There are 227 people who speak German and 9 people who speak Romansh.
  As of 2008, the gender distribution of the population was 48.7% male and 51.3% female.  The population was made up of 5,114 Swiss men (32.4% of the population) and 2,566 (16.3%) non-Swiss men.  There were 5,830 Swiss women (37.0%) and 2,268 (14.4%) non-Swiss women.  Of the population in the municipality 5,162 or about 35.9% were born in Martigny and lived there in 2000.  There were 3,554 or 24.7% who were born in the same canton, while 1,439 or 10.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 3,694 or 25.7% were born outside of Switzerland.
  The age distribution of the population (as of 2000) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 23.8% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 61.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 14.8%.
  As of 2000, there were 5,918 people who were single and never married in the municipality.  There were 6,723 married individuals, 922 widows or widowers and 798 individuals who are divorced.
  As of 2000, there were 6,001 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.3 persons per household.  There were 2,211 households that consist of only one person and 385 households with five or more people.  In 2000, a total of 5,766 apartments (84.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 900 apartments (13.2%) were seasonally occupied and 168 apartments (2.5%) were empty.  As of 2009, the construction rate of new housing units was 6.2 new units per 1000 residents.  The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010, was 2.72%.
  The historical population is given in the following chart:
caption: Martigny and surrounding fields
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