Termen

Termen is first mentioned in 1201 as Terman. ==Geography==

Termen has an area, , of . 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 arms==

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, two Swords Sable in saltire. ==Demographics==

Termen 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. 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. , there were 284 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household. , 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. Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width:1020 height:210 PlotArea = height:150 left:100 bottom:50 right:100 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:790 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:200 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:40 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:40 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1798 from:start till:279 text:"279" bar:1850 from:start till:304 text:"304" bar:1860 from:start till:384 text:"384" bar:1870 from:start till:425 text:"425" bar:1880 from:start till:350 text:"350" bar:1888 from:start till:410 text:"410" bar:1900 from:start till:427 text:"427" bar:1910 from:start till:450 text:"450" bar:1920 from:start till:468 text:"468" bar:1930 from:start till:456 text:"456" bar:1941 from:start till:466 text:"466" bar:1950 from:start till:437 text:"437" bar:1960 from:start till:416 text:"416" bar:1970 from:start till:447 text:"447" bar:1980 from:start till:533 text:"533" bar:1990 from:start till:638 text:"638" bar:2000 from:start till:781 text:"781" ==Politics==

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 66.67% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (15.6%), the SP (12.75%) and the FDP (3.05%). In the federal election, a total of 382 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 61.4%. In the 2009 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%. In the 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%. ==Economy==

, Termen had an unemployment rate of 0.8%. , there were 48 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 25 businesses involved in this sector. 10 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 2 businesses in this sector. 38 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 15 businesses in this sector. , 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. Of the working population, 21.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 59.4% used a private car. ==Religion==

From the , 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, and there was 1 individual who belongs to another Christian church. There were 28 (or about 3.59% of the population) who were Islamic. 14 (or about 1.79% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 10 individuals (or about 1.28% of the population) did not answer the question. ==Education==

In Termen about 315 or (40.3%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 69 or (8.8%) have completed additional higher education (either 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. 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. All the upper secondary students attended school in another municipality. , there were 50 students from Termen who attended schools outside the municipality. ==References==