{{About|a village in Switzerland|the cut of meat|Fillet (cut)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Filet | image_photo = Moerel.jpg | municipality_type = former | imagepath_coa = CHE Filet COA.svg | imagepath_flag = CHE Filet Flag.svg | pixel_coa = | canton = Valais | iso-code-region = CH-VS | district = Raron |coordinates = {{coord|46|21|N|8|3|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 3983 | municipality_code = 6174 | area = 7.2 | elevation = 757|elevation_description= | population = 151|populationof = December 2008 | popofyear = 2008 | website = www.gemeinde-filet.ch | mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = | list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= Betten, Bister, Grengiols, Mörel, Riederalp, Termen | twintowns = Oftringen (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.<ref name=Fusion>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.html Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office {{in lang|de}} accessed 19 July 2011</ref>
==History== Throughout the Middle Ages Filet was known as ''Gifrisch''. It was first mentioned in 1374 as ''Gifris''.<ref name=HDS/>
==Coat of arms== The blazon of the village coat of arms is ''Divided by a Bar wavy Argent, chief Azure a Mullet of Five Argent and base Gules an Oxen head guardant having two grain ears Or in mouth.''<ref>[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ch-vs094.html Flags of the World.com] accessed 4 October 2011</ref>
==Demographics== Filet has a population ({{as of|2008|December|lc=on}}) of 151.<ref name=HDS_superweb>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/onlinedb/superweb/login.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628151016/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/onlinedb/superweb/login.html |date=28 June 2010 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 19 June 2010</ref>
Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks German (142 or 93.4%) as their first language, Dutch is the second most common (3 or 2.0%) and Serbo-Croatian is the third (3 or 2.0%). There are 2 people who speak French.<ref name=STAT2000/>
{{as of|2008}}, the population was made up of 151 Swiss citizens and 21 non-citizen residents (12.21% of the population).<ref name="HDS_superweb"/> Of the population in the village, 34 or about 22.4% were born in Filet and lived there in 2000. There were 68 or 44.7% who were born in the same canton, while 29 or 19.1% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 15 or 9.9% were born outside of Switzerland.<ref name=STAT2000/>
{{as of|2000}}, there were 55 people who were single and never married in the village. There were 82 married individuals, 8 widows or widowers and 7 individuals who are divorced.<ref name=STAT2000>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809142611/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true |date=9 August 2013 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 2 February 2011</ref>
There were 17 households that consist of only one person and 2 households with five or more people. {{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, a total of 61 apartments (55.5% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 40 apartments (36.4%) were seasonally occupied and 9 apartments (8.2%) were empty.<ref name=Housing>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907111534/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=true |date=7 September 2014 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 January 2011</ref>
The historical population is given in the following chart:<ref name=HDS>{{HDS|2749|Filet}}</ref><ref>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140930162751/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=true |date=30 September 2014 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 29 January 2011</ref> <timeline> Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width:960 height:210 PlotArea = height:150 left:100 bottom:50 right:100 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:160 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:30 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:6 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:40 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1850 from:start till:100 text:"100" bar:1860 from:start till:138 text:"138" bar:1870 from:start till:111 text:"111" bar:1880 from:start till:129 text:"129" bar:1888 from:start till:134 text:"134" bar:1900 from:start till:120 text:"120" bar:1910 from:start till:140 text:"140" bar:1920 from:start till:120 text:"120" bar:1930 from:start till:120 text:"120" bar:1941 from:start till:116 text:"116" bar:1950 from:start till:108 text:"108" bar:1960 from:start till:121 text:"121" bar:1970 from:start till:99 text:"99" bar:1980 from:start till:85 text:"85" bar:1990 from:start till:127 text:"127" bar:2000 from:start till:152 text:"152" </timeline>
==Politics== In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 51.08% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (19.4%), the SVP (16.42%) and the FDP (11.77%). In the federal election, a total of 90 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 78.3%.<ref>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/04/03.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office, ''Nationalratswahlen 2007: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung, nach Gemeinden/Bezirk/Canton''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514211354/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/04/03.html |date=14 May 2015 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 May 2010</ref>
==Economy== There were 68 residents of the village who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 36.8% of the workforce. {{as of|2008|alt=In 2008}} the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 33. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 2, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 14 of which 3 or (21.4%) were in manufacturing and 11 (78.6%) 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 and 3 or 17.6% were in a hotel or restaurant.<ref>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_06%20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1&prod=06&secprod=2&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225013454/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_06%20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1&prod=06&secprod=2&openChild=true |date=25 December 2014 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 January 2011</ref>
{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, there were 21 workers who commuted into the village and 57 workers who commuted away. The village is a net exporter of workers, with about 2.7 workers leaving the village for every one entering.<ref name=commuter>[https://archive.today/20120804043150/http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/stat/pendler/pop.php Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb] {{in lang|de}} accessed 24 June 2010</ref>
==Religion== From the {{as of|2000|alt=2000 census}}, 126 or 82.9% were Roman Catholic, while 13 or 8.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there was 1 member of an Orthodox church. There was 1 individual who was Islamic. 4 (or about 2.63% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 7 individuals (or about 4.61% of the population) did not answer the question.<ref name=STAT2000/>
==Education== In Filet about 61 or (40.1%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 15 or (9.9%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a ''Fachhochschule''). Of the 15 who completed tertiary schooling, 53.3% were Swiss men, 20.0% were Swiss women.<ref name=STAT2000/>
{{as of|2000}}, there were 19 students from Filet who attended schools outside the village.<ref name=commuter/>
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060718134923/http://www.gemeinde-filet.ch/ Official website] {{in lang|de}} * {{HDS|2749|Filet}}
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Category:Former municipalities of Valais