Mörel-Filet is a municipality in the district of Östlich Raron in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. 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 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.
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.Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 4 October 2011
Most of the population () speaks German (95.0%) as their first language, Serbo-Croatian is the second most common (1.5%) and French 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%.
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
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 and there were 13 businesses in this sector. 271 people were employed in the tertiary sector, 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.
References
External links
Official website