Filet

Filet may refer to:

See also

Filet, 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.

History

Throughout the Middle Ages Filet was known as Gifrisch. It was first mentioned in 1374 as Gifris.

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.

Demographics

Filet has a population (as of December 2008) of 151.

Most of the population (as of 2000) 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.

As of 2008, the population was made up of 151 Swiss citizens and 21 non-citizen residents (12.21% of the population). 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.