Termen

Geschichte

Termen is a municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.HistoryTermen is first mentioned in 1201 as terman.GeographyTermen has an area, of 18.8km2. 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.The municipality is located on a high plateau to the east of Brig. It consists of the village of Termen, the hamlets of Hasel and z'Matt and the ski resort of Rosswald.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, two Swords Sable in saltire.DemographicsTermen has a population of., 6.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. 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.Most of the population speaks German (743 or 95.1%) as their first language, Albanian is the second most common (11 or 1.4%) and French is the third (10 or 1.3%). There are 3 people who speak Italian and 1 person who speaks Romansh.