Mörel-Filet is a
municipality
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in the district of
Östlich Raron
The district of Östlich Raron ( fr. ''District de Rarogne oriental'') is an administrative district in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. The districts of Östlich Raron and Westlich Raron share a single Community Identification Number of SFOS ...
in the
canton
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of
Valais
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,
Switzerland
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. It was formed on 1. January 2009 when
Mörel and
Filet were merged.
[Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz]
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 19 July 2011
History
Mörel is first mentioned in 1203 as ''Morgi''.
Throughout the
Middle Ages
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Filet was known as ''Gifrisch''. It was first mentioned in 1374 as ''Gifris''.
Geography
Mörel-Filet has an area, , of . Of this area, 18.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 51.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and 23.5% is unproductive land.
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Demographics
Mörel-Filet has a population () of . , 10.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008]
accessed 19 June 2010 Over the last 10 years (2000–2010 ) the population has changed at a rate of -6.1%. It has changed at a rate of -3.5% due to migration and at a rate of -3.3% due to births and deaths.
accessed 4 October 2011German
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(95.0%) as their first language, Serbo-Croatian
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is the second most common (1.5%) and French
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is the third (0.7%).[
, the population was 49.8% male and 50.2% female. The population was made up of 297 Swiss men (43.9% of the population) and 40 (5.9%) non-Swiss men. There were 309 Swiss women (45.6%) and 31 (4.6%) non-Swiss women.][Ständige Wohnbevolkerung nach Geschlecht und Heimat am 31.12.2009.xls]
accessed 24 August 2011
, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 23.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 58.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 18.5%.[
The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 2.6%.][
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Historic population
The historical population is given in the following chart:[Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000]
accessed 29 January 2011
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Economy
, Mörel-Filet had an unemployment rate of 2.9%. , there were 21 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 10 businesses involved in this sector. 62 people were employed in the secondary sector
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and there were 13 businesses in this sector. 271 people were employed in the tertiary sector
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, with 33 businesses in this sector.[
Of the working population, 18.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 44.8% used a private car.][
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References
External links
Official website
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Municipalities of Valais