Mörel
Encyclopedia
Mörel is a former municipality
in the district of Raron
in the canton
of Valais
in Switzerland
. In 2009 Mörel merged with Filet
into the municipality of Mörel-Filet
.
river.
of the village coat of arms
is Gules, an Ox head guardant Sable holding two Ears of grain Or in mouth.
Most of the population speaks German
(500 or 95.4%) as their first language, Serbo-Croatian
is the second most common (7 or 1.3%) and French
is the third (3 or 0.6%). There is 1 person who speaks Italian
.
, the population was made up of 450 Swiss citizens and 52 non-citizen residents (10.36% of the population). Of the population in the village, 187 or about 35.7% were born in Mörel and lived there in 2000. There were 208 or 39.7% who were born in the same canton, while 56 or 10.7% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 57 or 10.9% were born outside of Switzerland.
, there were 193 people who were single and never married in the village. There were 273 married individuals, 34 widows or widowers and 24 individuals who are divorced.
There were 73 households that consist of only one person and 14 households with five or more people. , a total of 215 apartments (51.2% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 175 apartments (41.7%) were seasonally occupied and 30 apartments (7.1%) were empty.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
the most popular party was the CVP
which received 53.02% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP
(18.13%), the SVP
(15.05%) and the SP
(11.82%). In the federal election, a total of 288 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 71.6%.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 247. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 5, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 44 of which 2 or (4.5%) were in manufacturing and 38 (86.4%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 198. In the tertiary sector; 24 or 12.1% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 72 or 36.4% were in the movement and storage of goods, 46 or 23.2% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 1.0% were the insurance or financial industry, 4 or 2.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 19 or 9.6% were in education and 21 or 10.6% were in health care.
, there were 163 workers who commuted into the village and 139 workers who commuted away. The village is a net importer of workers, with about 1.2 workers entering the village for every one leaving. About 3.7% of the workforce coming into Mörel are coming from outside Switzerland.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 5 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 0.95% of the population), there were 2 individuals (or about 0.38% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
, and there were 6 individuals (or about 1.15% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 10 (or about 1.91% of the population) who were Islam
ic. 14 (or about 2.67% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 23 individuals (or about 4.39% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 50 who completed tertiary schooling, 70.0% were Swiss men, 18.0% were Swiss women.
During the 2010-2011 school year there were a total of 164 students in the Mörel school system. The education system
in the Canton of Valais allows young children to attend one year of non-obligatory Kindergarten
. During that school year, there was one kindergarten class (KG1 or KG2) and 15 kindergarten students. The canton's school system requires students to attend six years of primary school. In Mörel there were a total of 4 classes and 64 students in the primary school. The secondary school
program consists of three lower, obligatory years of schooling (orientation classes), followed by three to five years of optional, advanced schools. There were 100 lower secondary students who attended school in Mörel. All the upper secondary students attended school in another municipality.
, there were 60 students in Mörel who came from another village, while 41 residents attended schools outside the village.
Mörel is home to the Regionalbibliothek library. It was open a total of 121 days with average of 6 hours per week during that year.
Municipalities of Switzerland
Communes , also known as municipalities, are the smallest government division in Switzerland, numbering 2,596 . While many have a population of a few hundred citizens, the largest cities such as Zürich or Geneva also have the legal status of municipalities...
in the district of Raron
Raron (district)
The district of Raron was one of the 12 districts comprising the Republic of Wallis and after 1848 the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Today it is divided into two demi-districts, which are geographically separated by the District of Brig....
in the canton
Cantons of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...
of Valais
Valais
The Valais is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland in the southwestern part of the country, around the valley of the Rhône from its headwaters to Lake Geneva, separating the Pennine Alps from the Bernese Alps. The canton is one of the drier parts of Switzerland in its central Rhône valley...
in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. In 2009 Mörel merged with Filet
Filet, Switzerland
Filet is a former municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. In 2009 Filet merged with Mörel into the municipality of Mörel-Filet.-History:Throughout the Middle Ages Filet was known as Gifrisch...
into the municipality of Mörel-Filet
Mörel-Filet
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.-History:...
.
Geography
Mörel was the capital of the Östlich Raron district until the merger into Mörel-Filet. It is located in a small bend on the right bank of the RhoneRhône
Rhone can refer to:* Rhone, one of the major rivers of Europe, running through Switzerland and France* Rhône Glacier, the source of the Rhone River and one of the primary contributors to Lake Geneva in the far eastern end of the canton of Valais in Switzerland...
river.
Coat of arms
The blazonBlazon
In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image...
of the village coat of arms
Coat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
is Gules, an Ox head guardant Sable holding two Ears of grain Or in mouth.
Demographics
Mörel has a population of 450.Most of the population speaks German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
(500 or 95.4%) as their first language, Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian or Serbo-Croat, less commonly Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian , is a South Slavic language with multiple standards and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro...
is the second most common (7 or 1.3%) and French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
is the third (3 or 0.6%). There is 1 person who speaks Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
.
, the population was made up of 450 Swiss citizens and 52 non-citizen residents (10.36% of the population). Of the population in the village, 187 or about 35.7% were born in Mörel and lived there in 2000. There were 208 or 39.7% who were born in the same canton, while 56 or 10.7% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 57 or 10.9% were born outside of Switzerland.
, there were 193 people who were single and never married in the village. There were 273 married individuals, 34 widows or widowers and 24 individuals who are divorced.
There were 73 households that consist of only one person and 14 households with five or more people. , a total of 215 apartments (51.2% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 175 apartments (41.7%) were seasonally occupied and 30 apartments (7.1%) were empty.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
Politics
In the 2007 federal electionSwiss federal election, 2007
Elections to the Swiss Federal Assembly, the federal parliament of Switzerland, were held on Sunday, 21 October 2007. In a few cantons, a second round of the elections to the Council of States was held on 11 November, 18 November, and 25 November 2007...
the most popular party was the CVP
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland is a Christian democratic political party in Switzerland. It is the fourth-largest party in the National Council, with 31 seats, and the largest in the Council of States, with 15 seats. It has one seat, that of Doris Leuthard, on the Swiss...
which received 53.02% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP
FDP.The Liberals
FDP.The Liberals is a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It is the joint-largest party in the Federal Council, third-largest party in the National Council, and second-largest in the Council of States....
(18.13%), the SVP
Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party , also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre , is a conservative political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Toni Brunner, but spearheaded by Christoph Blocher, the party is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 58 members of the National Council and 6 of...
(15.05%) and the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(11.82%). In the federal election, a total of 288 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
Voter turnout
Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s...
was 71.6%.
Economy
There were 242 residents of the village who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.1% of the workforce.the total number of full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
jobs was 247. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 5, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 44 of which 2 or (4.5%) were in manufacturing and 38 (86.4%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 198. In the tertiary sector; 24 or 12.1% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 72 or 36.4% were in the movement and storage of goods, 46 or 23.2% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 1.0% were the insurance or financial industry, 4 or 2.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 19 or 9.6% were in education and 21 or 10.6% were in health care.
, there were 163 workers who commuted into the village and 139 workers who commuted away. The village is a net importer of workers, with about 1.2 workers entering the village for every one leaving. About 3.7% of the workforce coming into Mörel are coming from outside Switzerland.
Religion
From the , 443 or 84.5% were Roman Catholic, while 24 or 4.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed ChurchSwiss Reformed Church
The Reformed branch of Protestantism in Switzerland was started in Zürich by Huldrych Zwingli and spread within a few years to Basel , Bern , St...
. Of the rest of the population, there were 5 members of an Orthodox church
Orthodox Christianity
The term Orthodox Christianity may refer to:* the Eastern Orthodox Church and its various geographical subdivisions...
(or about 0.95% of the population), there were 2 individuals (or about 0.38% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland
The Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland is the Swiss member church of the Union of Utrecht, also known as Old Catholic Church, originally founded by the jansenists, with a later influx of discontented Catholics following their disappointment with the First Vatican Council. It has 14,000...
, and there were 6 individuals (or about 1.15% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 10 (or about 1.91% of the population) who were Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
ic. 14 (or about 2.67% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
Agnosticism
Agnosticism is the view that the truth value of certain claims—especially claims about the existence or non-existence of any deity, but also other religious and metaphysical claims—is unknown or unknowable....
or atheist
Atheism
Atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities. In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities...
, and 23 individuals (or about 4.39% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Mörel about 188 or (35.9%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 50 or (9.5%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a FachhochschuleFachhochschule
A Fachhochschule or University of Applied Sciences is a German type of tertiary education institution, sometimes specialized in certain topical areas . Fachhochschulen were founded in Germany and later adopted by Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Greece...
). Of the 50 who completed tertiary schooling, 70.0% were Swiss men, 18.0% were Swiss women.
During the 2010-2011 school year there were a total of 164 students in the Mörel school system. The education system
Education in Switzerland
The education system in Switzerland is very diverse, because the constitution of Switzerland delegates the authority for the school system mainly to the cantons...
in the Canton of Valais allows young children to attend one year of non-obligatory Kindergarten
Kindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
. During that school year, there was one kindergarten class (KG1 or KG2) and 15 kindergarten students. The canton's school system requires students to attend six years of primary school. In Mörel there were a total of 4 classes and 64 students in the primary school. The secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
program consists of three lower, obligatory years of schooling (orientation classes), followed by three to five years of optional, advanced schools. There were 100 lower secondary students who attended school in Mörel. All the upper secondary students attended school in another municipality.
, there were 60 students in Mörel who came from another village, while 41 residents attended schools outside the village.
Mörel is home to the Regionalbibliothek library. It was open a total of 121 days with average of 6 hours per week during that year.