Mörel (Suisse)

Geschichte

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.HistoryMörel is first mentioned in 1203 as Morgi.GeographyMörel 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 Rhone river.Coat of armsThe blazon of the village coat of arms is Gules, an Ox head guardant Sable holding two Ears of grain Or in mouth.DemographicsMörel has a population of 450.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.