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{{Infobox Swiss town
| subject_name		= Termen
| image_photo            = Le village de Termen.jpg
| municipality_type	= municipality
| imagepath_coa	= CHE Termen COA.svg
| imagepath_flag   = CHE Termen Flag.svg
| canton		= Valais
| iso-code-region 	= CH-VS
| district		= [[Brig (district)|Brig]]
|coordinates = {{coord|46|19|N|8|1|E|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code		= 3912
| municipality_code	= 6010
| area			= 18.7
| elevation		= 927|elevation_description=
| population		= 787|populationof = December 2002 | popofyear = 2002
| website		= www.termen.ch
| mayor                = Stefan Luggen |mayor_asof=|mayor_party=
| mayor_title	= |list_of_mayors	=
| places		=
| demonym		=
| neighboring_municipalities= [[Bister, Switzerland|Bister]], [[Bitsch, Switzerland|Bitsch]], [[Brig-Glis]], [[Filet, Switzerland|Filet]], [[Grengiols]], [[Mörel, Switzerland|Mörel]], [[Naters]], [[Ried-Brig]], [[Riederalp]]
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'''Termen''' is a [[Municipalities of Switzerland|municipality]] in the district of [[Brig (district)|Brig]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Valais]] in [[Switzerland]].
==History==
Termen is first mentioned in 1201 as ''Terman''.<ref name=HDS/>
==Geography==
Termen has an area, {{as of|2011|lc=on}}, of {{convert|18.8|km2|mi2|sp=us}}.  Of this area, 42.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 27.2% is forested.  Of the rest of the land, 3.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and 27.4% is unproductive land.<ref name=SFSO/>
The municipality is located on a high plateau to the east of [[Brig-Glis|Brig]].  It consists of the village of Termen, the [[hamlet (place)|hamlets]] of Hasel and z'Matt and the ski resort of Rosswald.
==Coat of arms==
The [[blazon]] of the municipal [[coat of arms]] is ''Argent, two Swords Sable in saltire.''<ref>[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ch-vs012.html Flags of the World.com] accessed 05-September-2011</ref>
==Demographics==
Termen has a population ({{as of|{{Swiss populations YM|CH-VS}}|lc=on}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-VS|6010}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-VS}}  {{as of|2008}}, 6.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals.<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] {{in lang|de}} accessed 19 June 2010</ref>  Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 5.8%.  It has changed at a rate of 2.4% due to migration and at a rate of 1.7% due to births and deaths.<ref name=SFSO>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] accessed 05-September-2011</ref>
Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks [[German language|German]] (743 or 95.1%) as their first language, [[Albanian language|Albanian]] is the second most common (11 or 1.4%) and [[French language|French]] is the third (10 or 1.3%).  There are 3 people who speak [[Italian language|Italian]] and 1 person who speaks [[Romansh language|Romansh]].<ref name=STAT2000/>
{{as of|2008}}, the gender distribution of the population was 50.2% male and 49.8% female.  The population was made up of 410 Swiss men (46.9% of the population) and 29 (3.3%) non-Swiss men.  There were 408 Swiss women (46.6%) and 28 (3.2%) non-Swiss women.<ref name=VS_Pop>[http://www.vs.ch/Navig/navig.asp?MenuID=14752 Ständige Wohnbevolkerung nach Geschlecht und Heimat am 31.12.2009.xls] {{in lang|de|fr}} accessed 24 August 2011</ref>  Of the population in the municipality 370 or about 47.4% were born in Termen and lived there in 2000.  There were 255 or 32.7% who were born in the same canton, while 84 or 10.8% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 62 or 7.9% were born outside of Switzerland.<ref name=STAT2000/>
The age distribution of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 26.8% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.7% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 13.6%.<ref name=SFSO/>
{{as of|2000}}, there were 333 people who were single and never married in the municipality.  There were 406 married individuals, 33 widows or widowers and 9 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/20140409212530/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=2014-04-09 }}  {{in lang|de}} accessed 2 February 2011</ref>
{{as of|2000}}, there were 284 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household.<ref name=SFSO/>  There were 60 households that consist of only one person and 28 households with five or more people.  Out of a total of 289 households that answered this question, 20.8% were households made up of just one person and there were 3 adults who lived with their parents.  Of the rest of the households, there are 74 married couples without children, 133 married couples with children  There were 10 single parents with a child or children.  There were 4 households that were made up of unrelated people and 5 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.<ref name=STAT2000/>
{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}} there were 241 single family homes (or 60.9% of the total) out of a total of 396 inhabited buildings.  There were 123 multi-family buildings (31.1%), along with 16 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (4.0%) and 16 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (4.0%).<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=2014-09-07 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 January 2011</ref>
{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, a total of 274 apartments (48.0% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 262 apartments (45.9%) were seasonally occupied and 35 apartments (6.1%) were empty.<ref name=Housing/>  {{as of|2009}}, the construction rate of new housing units was 10.3 new units per 1000 residents.<ref name=SFSO/>
The historical population is given in the following chart:<ref name=HDS>{{HDS|2668|Termen}}</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=2014-09-30 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 29 January 2011</ref>
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==Politics==
In the [[2007 Swiss federal election|2007 federal election]] the most popular party was the [[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland|CVP]] which received 66.67% of the vote.  The next three most popular parties were the [[Swiss People's Party|SVP]] (15.6%), the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|SP]] (12.75%) and the [[FDP.The Liberals|FDP]] (3.05%).  In the federal election, a total of 382 votes were cast, and the [[voter turnout]] was 61.4%.<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''] {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 May 2010</ref>  In the 2009 [[Conseil d'État (Switzerland)|Conseil d'État/Staatsrat]] election a total of 382 votes were cast, of which 27 or about 7.1% were invalid.  The voter participation was 59.7%, which is much more than the cantonal average of 54.67%.<ref>[http://www.vs.ch/Navig/navig.asp?MenuID=4363&Language=de&link= Staatsratswahlen vom 1. März 2009] {{in lang|de}} accessed 24 August 2011</ref>  In the 2007 [[Swiss Council of States election, 2007|Swiss Council of States election]] a total of 382 votes were cast, of which 15 or about 3.9% were invalid.  The voter participation was 61.8%, which is similar to the cantonal average of 59.88%.<ref>[http://www.vs.ch/navig/navig.asp?MenuID=4360&RefMenuID=0&RefServiceID=0 Ständeratswahl 2007] {{in lang|de}} accessed 24 August 2011</ref>
==Economy==
{{as of|2010|In 2010}}, Termen had an unemployment rate of 0.8%.  {{as of|2008}}, there were 48 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 25 businesses involved in this sector.  10 people were employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] and there were 2 businesses in this sector.  38 people were employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 15 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO/>  There were 345 residents of the municipality 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 56.  The number of jobs in the primary sector was 15, all of which were in agriculture.  The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 10 of which 9 or (90.0%) were in manufacturing and 1 was in construction.  The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 31.  In the tertiary sector; 4 or 12.9% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 14 or 45.2% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was the insurance or financial industry, 2 or 6.5% were technical professionals or scientists, 5 or 16.1% were in education.<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=2014-12-25 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 January 2011</ref>
{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, there were 34 workers who commuted into the municipality and 274 workers who commuted away.  The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 8.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.  About 17.6% of the workforce coming into Termen are coming from outside Switzerland.<ref name=commuter>[http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/stat/pendler/pop.php Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120804043150/http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/stat/pendler/pop.php |date=2012-08-04 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 24 June 2010</ref>  Of the working population, 21.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 59.4% used a private car.<ref name=SFSO/>
==Religion==
From the {{as of|2000|alt=2000 census}}, 689 or 88.2% were [[Roman Catholic]], while 38 or 4.9% belonged to the [[Swiss Reformed Church]].  Of the rest of the population, there was 1 individual who belongs to the [[Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland|Christian Catholic Church]], and there was 1 individual who belongs to another Christian church.  There were 28 (or about 3.59% of the population) who were [[Islam]]ic.  14 (or about 1.79% of the population) belonged to no church, are [[Agnosticism|agnostic]] or [[Atheism|atheist]], and 10 individuals (or about 1.28% of the population) did not answer the question.<ref name=STAT2000/>
==Education==
In Termen about 315 or (40.3%) of the population have completed non-mandatory [[Education in Switzerland#Secondary|upper secondary education]], and 69 or (8.8%) have completed additional higher education (either [[List of universities in Switzerland|university]] or a ''[[Fachhochschule]]'').  Of the 69 who completed tertiary schooling, 75.4% were Swiss men, 13.0% were Swiss women and 7.2% were non-Swiss women.<ref name=STAT2000/>
During the 2010-2011 school year there were a total of 62 students in the Termen school system.  The [[Education in Switzerland|education system]] in the Canton of Valais allows young children to attend one year of non-obligatory [[Kindergarten]].<ref>{{Cite report |title=Kantonale Schulstrukturen in der Schweiz und im Fürstentum Liechtenstein / Structures Scolaires Cantonales en Suisse et Dans la Principauté du Liechtenstein |url= http://edudoc.ch/record/35128/files/Schulsystem_alle.pdf |author= EDK/CDIP/IDES |year= 2010 |accessdate= 24 June 2010 }}</ref>  During that school year, there was one kindergarten class (KG1 or KG2) and 19 kindergarten students.  The canton's school system requires students to attend six years of [[primary school]].  In Termen there were a total of 4 classes and 62 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.  All the lower secondary students from Termen attend their school in a neighboring municipality.<ref>[http://www.vs.ch/navig/navig.asp?MenuID=14519&RefMenuID=0&RefServiceID=0 Obligatorische Schulzeit] {{in lang|de}} accessed 24 August 2011</ref>  All the upper secondary students attended school in another municipality.
{{as of|2000}}, there were 50 students from Termen who attended schools outside the municipality.<ref name=commuter/>
==References==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}
==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.termen.ch Official website] {{in lang|de}}
{{Municipalities of the district of Brig}}
{{Authority control}}
[[Category:Municipalities of Valais]]