out of a total of 46 inhabited buildings. There were 11 multi-family buildings (23.9%), along with 14 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (30.4%) and 5 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (10.9%). Of the single family homes 6 were built before 1919, while 1 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of multi-family homes (4) were built before 1919 and again between 1919 and 1945. There was 1 multi-family house built between 1996 and 2000. there were 71 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 20. There were 4 single room apartments and 27 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 55 apartments (77.5% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 11 apartments (15.5%) were seasonally occupied and 5 apartments (7.0%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0%. The historical population is given in the following chart: Politics In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 56.32% of the vote. The next two most popular parties were the FDP (26.32%), the CVP (6.05%). In the federal election, a total of 43 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 44.8%. Economy , Marnand had an unemployment rate of 5.5%. , there were 32 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 6 businesses involved in this sector. 16 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 2 businesses in this sector. 20 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 4 businesses in this sector. There were 65 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 35.4% of the workforce. the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 52. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 20, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 15 of which 4 or (26.7%) were in manufacturing and 11 (73.3%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 17. In the tertiary sector; 13 or 76.5% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 17.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, . , there were 35 workers who