Talschaft

With valley the entire voting and election -age population of a valley is called in Switzerland.

For example, the Lauterbrunnen valley includes the voting and election -age population of Lauterbrunnen, Wengen, Mürren, Stechelberg, Gimmelwald and Isenfluh.

Both the political community assembly and the assembly of the congregation of the valley is in their capital instead, so here in Lauterbrunnen, if the whole valley belongs to the same community.